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Country Facts
Government Name: Republic of Korea
Chief of State: President PARK Geun-hye
Head of Government: Prime Minister CHUNG Hong-won
Capital: Seoul
Land Area: 96,920 sq km
GDP-per capita (PPP): $32,800 (2012 est.)
Population: 48,955,203 (July 2013 est.)
Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
Ethnic Groups: homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Administrative Divisions: 9 Provinces, 6 metropolitan cities, 1 special city, and 1 special self-governing city
Internet country Code: .kr