Greater Hondu Area

The Greater Hondu Area , generally referred to as South Kandong Metropolitan Area  (南韓東大都市圈 Kakashikandong taidushi-hen ) in Surean, is a popular term for the agglomeration of urbanized area around the special city of Hondu, Surea, which contains three different administrative districts; Hondu and a large part of Suyu and Senmori Prefecture. The terms are not officially defined but are in common use in speech and writing to refer to the more-or-less continuously urbanized area.

The Greater Hondu Area has a population of 16.38 million is ranked as the second largest metropolitan area in the country and 12th largest in the world. It forms the secondary cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of Surea. Hondu Special City has a total area of 607.4km2, while the wider combined statistical area covers 14,368km2, but more than half of this is the sparsely populated western and southern areas of Suyu Prefecture and Senmori Prefecture respectively.

Economy
Greater Hondu Area is an economic powerhouse. A 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that Hondu urban area had a $339 billion economy. Greater Los Angeles (including Inland Empire and Ventura county) had a $470.6 billion economy.

Greater Hondu Area is the home of the headquarters of almost all western car manufacturers.