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At 223,179 km 2, the area of Korea is similar to the area of the United Kingdom (244,100 km 2) or the U.S. state of Minnesota (225,171 km 2). Excluding the islands, the area of the Korean Peninsula is 220,847 km 2. The peninsula measures approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) from north to south and 300 km (190 mi) from east to west. [2]
Korea [b] is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, [c] Jeju Island, and smaller islands.Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK).
Map of South Korea. South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country that shares a land border with South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with 238 kilometres (148 mi) of the border running along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
The island lies in the Korea Strait, 82.8 km (51.4 mi) south of the nearest point on the Korean Peninsula. [3] The Jeju people are indigenous to the island, and it has been populated by modern humans since the early Neolithic period. The Jeju language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.
Japan had ruled the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the 38th parallel was established as the boundary between Soviet and American occupation zones . This parallel divided the Korean peninsula roughly in the middle.
South Korea is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. East Asia. Korean Peninsula; Time zone: Korea Standard Time ; Extreme points of South Korea High: Halla-san 1,950 m (6,398 ft) Low: Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea 0 m; Land boundaries: North Korea 238 km; Coastline: 2,413 km
The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (Korean: 고창 화순 강화 고인돌 유적) are the location of hundreds of stone dolmens which were used as grave markers, and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula.
Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. [1] Many of the names in the list below overlap or are obsolete today, with Honam, Yeongdong, Yeongnam, and the modern term Sudogwon being the only ones in wide use.