North Korea
kintra
(Reguidit frae DPRK)
North Korea, kent offeecially as the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea[citation needit], is a kintra in east Asie occupyin the northren hauf o the Korean Peninsula. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone atween North Korea an Sooth Korea. The Amnok River an the Tumen River form the mairch atween North Korea an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. A section o the Tumen River in the extreme northeast is the mairch wi Roushie. In recent yars some folk hae been criticising North Korea fer nae havin' ony human richts.
Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea
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Caipital and largest city | Pyongyang 39°2′N 125°45′E / 39.033°N 125.750°E |
Offeecial leids | Korean |
Offeecial scripts | Chosŏn'gŭl |
Demonym(s) |
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Govrenment | Hereditary Juche single-pairty state [2] |
Kim Il-sung | |
• Eternal WPK General Secretar (Wirkers' Pairty o Korea) | Kim Jong-il |
Kim Jong-un[a] | |
Choe Ryong-hae | |
• Premier | Pak Pong-ju |
Legislatur | Supreme Fowk's Assembly |
Establishment | |
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• Total | 120,540 km2 (46,540 sq mi) (98th) |
• Water (%) | 4.87 |
Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 24,554,000[3] (48t) |
• 2011 census | 24,052,231[4] |
• Density | 198.3/km2 (513.6/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $40 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $1,800[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Tot | $12.4 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $506[6] |
Gini (2007) | 31 medium |
Currency | North Korean won (₩) (KPW) |
Time zone | UTC+8:30 (Pyongyang Time) |
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Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +850 |
ISO 3166 code | KP |
Internet TLD | .kp |
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References
eedit- ↑ "Administrative Population and Divisions Figures (#26)" (PDF). DPRK: The Land of the Morning Calm. Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use. Apryle 2003. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 September 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2006.
- ↑ "North Korea enshrines hereditary rule". UPI. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ (in Korean) UNFPA (1 October 2009). "한반도 인구 7천400만명 시대 임박". United Nations. Retrieved 21 November 2012. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ↑ "DPR Korea 2008 Population Census National Report" (PDF). Pyongyang: DPRK Central Bureau of Statistics. 2009. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 31 Mairch 2010. Retrieved 19 Februar 2011.
- ↑ a b North Korea Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, CIA World Factbook, accessed on 31 March 2013.
- ↑ a b National Accounts Main Aggregate Database, United Nations Statistics Division, December 2012.
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