Area 99,268 sq km (38,327 sq mi)
Poplation 48,289,000
Capital city Seoul (10,231,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Korean 99%
Language Korean (official)
Religions No affiliatian 46%, Christinity 26%, Buddhism 26%, Confucianism 1%
Currency South Korean won = 100 chon

The Republic of Korean, as South Korea is officially known, occupies the southern part of the Korean peninsula.

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