South Korea: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About South Korea

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University, KAIST.

Economy

In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 4600.00₩ (that corresponds to $3.50 USD). The local currency (KRW) is represented by the symbol ₩. The GDP in 2021 was $1,810,955,871,380 USD, making it the 10# country in the world.

Geography

The capital of this country is Seoul and the country has a border with North Korea. The country has a 100,210 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: 안산시 상록구, 성남시 분당구, 안산시 단원구, 서울시 중랑구, 시흥시. The inhabitants speak the following languages: Korean.

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Kimchi, bulgogi. This nation has UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks, Jongmyo Shrine, Changdeokgung Palace Complex, Hwaseong Fortress.

Population

There are 50,501,405 inhabitants, or 0.68% of the population of planet earth. The median age of the population is 25.70 years with a birth growth rate of 1.02%.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea. The domain name ".kr" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +82, the country's ISO code is KR

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