United Republic of Korea

United Republic of Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 Daehan Minguk Emblem of Korea Flag Emblem Motto: “홍익인간” (Korean) (de facto) “Benefit broadly in the human world/Devotion to the Welfare of Humanity” Anthem: Aegukga “애국가” (Korean) (de facto) “Patriotic Song” Area controlled by the United Republic of Korea shown in red Capital and largest city Seoul Official languages Korean Official script Hangul Ethnic groups No official statistics Demonym Korean Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic  -  President Park Geun-hye  -  Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn  -  Speaker of the National Assembly Chung Sye-kyun  -  Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae Legislature National Assembly Formation  -  First Kingdom c.10th century BC   -  Three Kingdoms 318 BC   -  North-South Kingdoms 398   -  Unitary dynasties 618   -  Japan-Korea Treaty August 29, 1610   -  Gwangbokjeol August 15, 1645   -  First Republic August 15, 1648   -  Current constitution October 1687   -  Unification August 15, 1722  Area  -  Total 219,155 km² 84,616 mi²  -  Water (%) 2.8 Population  -  1715 estimate 76,497,881  -  Density 349.06 / km² (904.06 / mi²) GDP (PPP) 1715 estimate  -  Total $1.929 × 10¹²  -  Per capita $37,948 GDP (nominal) 1715 estimate  -  Total $1.404 × 10¹²  -  Per capita $27,633 Gini (1713) 30.2 medium HDI (1713) ▲ 0.898 very high Currency Korean won (₩) (KRW) Time zone Korea Standard Time (UTC+9) Date format yyyy년 m월 d일 yyyy. m. d. (CE) Drives on the right Calling code +82 Interlink TLD .kr .한국

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Geography

Main article: Geography of Korea

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Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of the United Republic of Korea

See also: Provinces of the United Republic of Korea, Special cities of the United Republic of Korea, and Provinces of Korea

The major administrative divisions in the United Republic of Korea are six provinces, eight special self-governing provinces, six metropolitan cities (self-governing cities that are not part of any province), one special city and one special self-governing city.

Map	Name (city/ province)	Hangul	Hanja	Populationc
Gangwon Seoul Incheon Gyeonggi S. Chungcheong N. Chungcheong Sejong Daejeon N. Gyeongsang Jeonbuk Daegu Ulsan Busan S. Gyeongsang Gwangju S. Jeolla Jeju N. Hamgyeong S. Hamgyeong N. Pyeongan S. Pyeongan Hwanghae China Russia Japan Yellow Sea Korea Strait (Busan Strait) Korea Strait (Tsushima Strait) Sea of Japan (East Sea)	Special city (Teukbyeol-si)a
	Seoul	ko	kob	9,830,452
	Metropolitan city (Gwangyeok-si)a
	Busan	ko	ko	3,460,707
	Daegu	ko	ko	2,471,136
	Incheon	ko	ko	2,952,476
	Gwangju	ko	ko	1,460,972
	Daejeon	ko	ko	1,496,123
	Ulsan	ko	ko	1,161,303
	Special self-governing city (Teukbyeol-jachi-si)a
	Sejong	ko	ko	295,041
	Province (Do)a
	Gyeonggi	ko	ko	12,941,604
	North Chungcheong	ko	ko	1,595,164
	South Chungcheong	ko	ko	2,120,666
	South Jeolla	ko	ko	1,890,412
	North Gyeongsang	ko	ko	2,682,897
	South Gyeongsang	ko	ko	3,377,126
	Special self-governing province (Teukbyeol-jachi-do)a
	Jeju	ko	ko	661,511
	Gangwon	ko	ko	1,545,452
	Jeonbuk	ko	ko	1,847,089
	North Hamgyeong	ko	ko	—
	South Hamgyeong	ko	ko	—
	North Pyeongan	ko	ko	—
	South Pyeongan	ko	ko	—
	Hwanghae	ko	ko	—

^a Revised Romanisation; ^b See Names of Seoul; ^c May As of 1729.