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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Korea South 
 Main prefix
 HL 
 Time zone
 +9 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          Korea South          
 
 Korea South 

 Korea South - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Korea South          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
White with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field.
 
          Korea South          
 
 Korea South 
 Capital: 
Seoul
 Administrative
 divisions: 
8 provinces (do, singular and plural), 6 metropolitan cities* (gwangyoksi, singular and plural), 1 special autonomous city** (teukbyeol jachisi), 1 capital metropolitan city*** (teukbyeolsi) and 1 special autonomous province**** (teukbyeol jachido): Busan*, Chungcheongbuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Daegu*, Daejeon*, Gangwon-do, Gwangju*, Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Incheon*, Jeju-do****, Jeollabuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Sejong**, Seoul***, Ulsan*.
 Population: 
48.324 million (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
37° 00' N, 127° 30' E
 Area total: 
98,480 sq. km
 Land area: 
98,190 sq. km
 Water area: 
290 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
238 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
North Korea 238 km
 Coastline: 
2,413 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Sea of Japan 0 m - Halla-san 1,950 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.kr
 Currency: 
South Korean won (KRW)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Korea
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
South Korea
 Name - local
 long form: 
Taehan-min'guk
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Name - notes: 
the South Koreans generally use the term Han'guk to refer to their country
 Independence: 
15 August 1945 (from Japan)
 Constitution: 
25 February 1948
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Liberation Day, 15 August (1945)
 
          Korea South          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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