South Korea
South Korea is in Eastern Asia, with its capital at Seoul and an area of about 100,210 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Republic of Korea
- Capital
- Seoul
- Region
- Asia · Eastern Asia
- Area
- 100,210 km²
- Languages
- Korean
- Currencies
- South Korean won (KRW)
- Government
- Unitary presidential republic
- Natural resources
- coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential
- Industries
- electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel
- Main exports
- integrated circuits, cars, refined petroleum, plastics, machine parts
First-level divisions (17)
- Daegu
- Gangwon
- Gwangju
- Gyeonggi
- Incheon
- North Chungcheong
- North Gyeongsang
- North Jeolla
- South Chungcheong
- South Gyeongsang
- South Jeolla
- Ulsan
- Jeju
- Busan
- Daejeon
- Sejong
- Seoul
Major cities
- Seoul (population 9,796,000)
- Busan (population 3,480,000)
- Incheon (population 2,550,000)
- Daegu (population 2,460,000)
- Daejeon (population 1,468,000)
- Gwangju (population 1,440,000)
- Changwon (population 1,081,499)
- Suwon (population 1,078,000)
- Ulsan (population 1,061,000)
- Seongnam (population 942,000)
- Goyang (population 903,000)
- Bucheon (population 866,000)
- Cheongju (population 775,096)
- Ansan (population 739,493)
- Jeonju (population 711,424)