Official Name: Republic of Korea Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. Capital: Seoul Area: total: 98,480 sq km land: 98,190 sq km water: 290 sq km Lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m. Highest point: Halla-san 1,950 m.

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Population: 49,044,790 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Korean(s) Ethnic groups: Racially homogeneous; except for about 20,000 Chinese. Religions: Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%. Languages: Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school.

Temperate, with rainfall heavier in the summer than in winter.

Government type: Republic. Independence: 15 August 1945 (from Japan). National holiday: Liberation Day, 15 August (1945).

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