'''Seul''' ({{Audio|ko-Seoul.ogg|tinglash}}) [[Janubiy Koreya]]ning [[poytaxt]]i. 10 milliondan ko'p axoliga ega Seul dunyoning yirik shaharlaridan biriga kiradi. ItShuningdek isSeul alsodunyodagi theeng world'skatta secondikkinchi largestmetropoliten [[List of metropolitan areas by population|metropolitan area]]shahar, the [[SeoulSeul NationalMilly CapitalPoytax AreaMaydoni]] - which includes the major port city of [[IncheonInchon]] and satellite townsshahri inva [[Gyeonggi-do]],ning bir necha shaharlarini o'zi ichiga havingolganda almostaxolisi 23 millionmilliondan inhabitantsoshadi. <ref>R.L. Forstall, R.P. Greene, and J.B. Pick, [http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures/papers/webpapers/cityfuturespapers/session3_4/3_4whicharethe.pdf "Which are the largest? Why published populations for major world urban areas vary so greatly"], City Futures Conference, (University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2004){{ndash}} Table 5 (p.34)</ref> AlmostJanubi halfKoreya ofaxolisining Southdeyarli Korea'syarmi populationSeul livesMilliy inPoytaxti the Seoul National CapitalMaydonida Areayashaydi, andchorak nearlyqismi oneesa quarter in Seoul itself, making it the country's political, cultural, and economic centreSeulda. AsShu asababdan [[SpecialSeul citiesmaxsus ofshahri Korea|Specialdeb City]],ataladi itva ismilliy administeredhukumat directlytomonidan by the nationaltog'ridan-tog'ri governmentboshqariladi.
Shahar mamlakatning shimoliy-g'arbiy qismida Han Daryosi havzasida joylashgan. Seuldan 50 km shimolda esa [[Shimoliy Koreya]] joylashgan.
The city is located on the basin of the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] in the country's northwest. The [[North Korea]]n border lies about 50 km to the north.
Seoul first appears in history in 18 BC, when the [[Baekje]] kingdom established its capital [[Wiryeseong]] in what is now around [[Songpa-gu]], southeastern Seoul. Modern Seoul descends from the [[Goryeo]]-era city called Namgyeong, which then became the capital of [[Korea]] during the [[Joseon dynasty]].
