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

General Information About South Korea

Culture

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. Interesting food you need to try here: Kimchi, bulgogi.

Population

The median age of the population is 25.70 years with a birth growth rate of 1.02%. This country represents 0.68% of the world's population with about 50,501,405 individuals.

Geography

The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: Korean. Seoul is the nation's capital and the country has a border with North Korea. The area of the country is 100,210 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: 안산시 상록구, 성남시 분당구, 안산시 단원구, 서울시 중랑구, 시흥시.

Economy

The local currency (KRW) is represented by the symbol ₩. You need to pay 4600.00₩ (around $3.50 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. The GDP in 2021 was $1,810,955,871,380 USD, making it the 10# country in the world.

Education

Well known universities are: Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University, KAIST.

Good to know

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea for more information about this nation. Telephone numbers begin with +82, the ISO code is KR, the country's websites have the domain name ".kr"

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