South Korea (
listen),
officially the Republic of Korea (Korean: 대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan
Minguk listen;
lit. "The Great Republic of Han"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.[5] The name
Korea is derived from Goryeo, a
dynasty which ruled in the Middle Ages. It shares land borders with North Korea to the north, and
oversea borders with China to the west and
Japan to the east. South Korea lies in the
north temperate
zone with a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 50
million residents distributed over 99,392 km2 (38,375 sq mi).[6] The
capital and largest city is Seoul, with a
population of 10 million.More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea
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