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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Korea North 
 Main prefix
 P5 
 Time zone
 +9 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          Korea North          
 
 Korea North 

 Korea North - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Korea North          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star.
 
          Korea North          
 
 Korea North 
 Capital: 
Pyongyang
 Administrative
 divisions: 
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 2 special cities* (si, singular and plural): Chagang-do (Chagang Province), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong Province), Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong Province), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae Province), Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province), Kangwon-do (Kangwon Province), Najin Sonbong-si*, P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan Province), P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan Province), P'yongyang-si* (Pyongyang City), and Yanggang-do (Yanggang Province).
 Population: 
23,301,725 (July 2007 est.)
 Languages: 
Korean
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
40° 00' N, 127° 00' E
 Area total: 
120,540 sq. km
 Land area: 
120,410 sq. km
 Water area: 
130 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
1,673 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km
 Coastline: 
2,495 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Sea of Japan 0 m - Paektu-san 2,744 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.kp
 Currency: 
North Korean won (KPW)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Democratic People's Republic o
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
North Korea
 Name - local
 long form: 
Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Name - notes: 
the North Koreans generally use the term Choson to refer to their country
 Independence: 
15 August 1945 (from Japan)
 Constitution: 
adopted 1948, completely revised 27 December 1972, revised again in April 1992 and September 1998
 Government
 type: 
authoritarian socialist, one-man dictatorship
 National
 holiday: 
Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), 9 September (1948)
 
          Korea North          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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