Sejong City

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Sejong City is South Korea’s planned administrative capital, designed to house numerous government ministries and ease congestion in Seoul.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative capital ⓘ
planned city ⓘ
special self-governing city ⓘ
area approximately 465 square kilometers ⓘ
capitalOf de facto administrative functions of South Korea ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Board of Audit and Inspection offices ⓘ
Government Complex Sejong 1 ⓘ
Government Complex Sejong 2 ⓘ
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Education headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Environment headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Health and Welfare headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Public Administration and Security headquarters ⓘ
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy headquarters ⓘ
National Assembly Sejong building site (planned) ⓘ
Sejong Government Complex ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
establishedAs special self-governing city of Sejong ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
establishedDate 2012-07-01 ⓘ
formerName Yeongi County (area basis) ⓘ
governmentType special self-governing city government ⓘ
hasGovernmentBody Sejong City Council ⓘ
Sejong City Government ⓘ
hasTransport Sejong BRT (bus rapid transit) ⓘ
express bus connections to Seoul ⓘ
road links to Daejeon ⓘ
language Korean ⓘ
locatedIn Chungcheong region ⓘ
Honam region ⓘ
South Chungcheong region ⓘ
locatedNear Cheongju ⓘ
Daejeon ⓘ
namedAfter Sejong the Great ⓘ
partOf Sejong Special Self-Governing City administrative division ⓘ
planningStarted early 2000s ⓘ
population over 300000 ⓘ
populationNote one of the fastest-growing cities in South Korea ⓘ
purpose to decentralize national administration ⓘ
to ease congestion in Seoul ⓘ
to house numerous government ministries ⓘ
river Geum River ⓘ
script Hangul ⓘ
timeZone Korea Standard Time ⓘ
urbanPlanFeature green belts and parks ⓘ
mixed-use residential and administrative districts ⓘ
pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly design ⓘ
utcOffset +09:00 ⓘ

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Chungcheong region → contains → Sejong City ⓘ
Chungcheong region → hasMajorCity → Sejong City ⓘ
Ministry of Education of South Korea → headquartersLocation → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
Gyeryongsan → locatedIn → Sejong City ⓘ
Chungcheong dialect → region → Sejong City ⓘ
Sejong Campus → locatedIn → Sejong City ⓘ
Sejong Campus → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
Sejong Campus → regionServed → Sejong City ⓘ
Sejong Campus → isInSettlement → Sejong City ⓘ
South Chungcheong Province → borders → Sejong City ⓘ
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
MCST → headquartersLocation → Sejong City ⓘ
MCST → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
Sejong City → establishedAs → special self-governing city of Sejong ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
North Chungcheong Province → borders → Sejong City ⓘ
Ministry of Environment of South Korea → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
MOE (South Korea) → headquartersLocation → Sejong City ⓘ
subject linked to: MOE
Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of South Korea → headquartersLocation → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
MOLIT → headquartersLocation → Sejong City ⓘ
Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea → headquartersLocation → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy → headquartersLocation → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City
Jeungpyeong-gun → borderingProvince → Sejong Special Self-Governing City ⓘ
linked to: Sejong City