Top 5 Cities
Top 5 Cities in South Korea
Seoul
Seoul is the Capital and largest city in South Korea.
it has a population of over ten million people and it is one of the
largest cities in the entire world. Nearly half of the South Korea’s
entire population lives in the Seoul National Capital Area.
Seoul used to be called Gyeongseong in the colonial era. Its current name comes from the korean word meaning
capital city.
Busan
There are about 3.6 million people that live in Busan, the second largest city in South Korea after Seoul.
Busan has South Korea’s largest beach and its longest river. The beach is in the Haeundae District and the river
is the Nakdong River.
Baseball is a popular sport in Busan with the Lotte Giants, Busan is known as the baseball capital of South Korea.
Incheon
Incheon is the third largest city in South Korea, and 2.6 million people lives in Incheon
The Incheon Bridge, linking the International Airport and Songdo City is one of the seven longest bridges of its
kind in the world.
Incheon International Airport was ranked as one of the busiest airports in the world with data compiled by the
Airport Council International revealing that over 39 million passengers fly to or from the airport.
Daegu
The population of Daegu is 5,267,066 and Daegu is the fourth largest city in Korea.
Daegu is famous for it’s country twang known as “Sa-to-ri.” Which many people from Seoul(the capital) are known to find cute
Daegu is the hottest city in Korea, with records of 104 F (40 C).
Gwangju
Gwangju is the sixth largest city with a Population of 1,475,745
Gwangju twin city is San Antonio , Texas Guangzhou,China Medan, Indonesia and Sendai, Japan
In 2002 Gwangju World Stadium hosted the 200 FIFA world Cup after making it to the semi finals for the first time.
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