Also known as
  • Republic of Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea (Korean: 대한민국, , Hanja: 大韓民國), ) is a presidential republic in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Also known as the "Land of the Morning Calm", it is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east and borders North Korea to the north. South Korea's capital and largest city is Seoul, the second largest metropolitan city in the world. Korea has a history of 5,000 years and is one of the... full article at wikipedia
Geolocation
latitude
longitude
  • 36.4693
  • 127.62428
Area
  • 99,646.0 km²
USBG name
  • "KOREA, REPUBLIC OF"
GNIS ID
GEOnet feature ID
Time zone(s)
Population
number
date
  • 49,044,790
  • Jul 2007
GDP (nominal)
GDP (nominal per capita)
CO2 emissions - total
CO2 emissions - residential
CO2 emissions - commercial
CO2 emissions - industrial
CO2 emissions - mobile
Automobiles per capita
Places exported to
exported to
currency
amount
date
  • 2006
  • 16,100,000,000.0
  • 2008
Places imported from
imported from
currency
amount
date
  • 2006
  • 11,800,000,000.0
  • 2008
Major exports
Major imports