The Downtown Seoul, also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro. For its time-honored and unique geographic status in Seoul, the Downtown is usually just called as 'The Central Business District ', or sometimes as 'Gwanghwamun Business District' for outstanding landmark 'Gwanghwamun' at the heart of it.
Picture of Downtown Seoul taken from Inwangsan, 2015
In 1928, local government of Keijō designated frontyard of City Hall as its geographic city center (都心), where is nowadays Seoul Plaza.
Built 1977 in front of the Seoul Station, Daewoo Group's Headquarter building is a landmark symbolizing 1970s of South Korea's rapid growth. It is nowadays named as 'Seoul Square'.
Restored in 2004, walled by high-rise office buildings on both side, standing as a eco-friendly linear park of stream between Jongno District and Jung District, the Cheonggyecheon is a soul of 21th century Downtown Seoul.
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital of the Republic of Korea (ROK), commonly known as South Korea, and the country's most extensive urban center. The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon metropolitan city, emerged as the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, trailing only Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, hosting more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at slightly over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at approximately 9.97 million residents as of 2020. Seoul is the seat of the South Korean government.
Image: Seoul (175734251) (cropped)
Image: 덕수궁의 가을
Image: Republic of Korea capitol
Image: Lotte World day view 2
