Republic of Korea, referred to as "Korea". Located in the south of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with a total area of about 654.38+10,000 square kilometers (accounting for 45% of the area of the Korean Peninsula), the main ethnic group is Korean, with a total population of about 5 1.45 million. The capital is Seoul.
Jiangsu province covers an area of 102600 square kilometers; Zhejiang province covers an area of102,000 square kilometers.
The mountainous area accounts for about two-thirds of the area of the Korean peninsula, with diverse topography, low hills and plains interlaced. The low mountains and hills are mainly distributed in the central and eastern parts, and the altitude is mostly below 500 meters. Taibai Mountain runs through the east coast, forming the backbone of the southern peninsula. Several parallel mountains extending to the side of the Yellow Sea form low hills, including Taibai Mountain, Shang Qing and Xiaobai, among which Xue Yue and Wutai Mountain are famous for their beautiful scenery.
The highest peak of Xiaobai is Zhiyi Mountain, which runs from northeast to southwest at an altitude of 19 15m. Halla Mountain is located in the middle of Jeju Island, with an altitude of1950m, which is the highest peak in Korea. According to ancient legends, immortals live on Mount Hannah. Therefore, Halla Mountain used to be called Yingzhou Mountain, and together with Mount Kumgang and Zhiyi Mountain, it was called the three sacred mountains.
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South Korea is a relatively developed capitalist country, a founding member of APEC, World Trade Organization and East Asia Summit, and a member of OECD, G20, United Nations and other important international organizations. 1997 after the Asian financial crisis, the Korean economy entered a period of moderate growth. Mainly manufacturing and service industries, the output of semiconductor, electronics, automobile, shipbuilding, steel, chemical industry, machinery, cosmetics and other industries ranks first in the world 10.
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