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Capital Korea, North : |
Pyongyang .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Korea, North :
| China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km .
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| Climate Korea, North :
| temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer .
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| Life expectancy Korea, North :
| 71.08 years .
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| Fertility rate Korea, North :
| 2.2 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Korea, North :
| Communist state one-man dictatorship .
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| Population Korea, North :
| 22,697,553 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Korea, North :
| 120,540 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Korea, North :
| 1.1 million (2001) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Korea, North :
| NA .
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| International Country Code Korea, North :
| 850.
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| Sex ratio total Korea, North :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Korea, North ratio under 15 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Korea, North ratio 15 64 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Korea, North ratio 65 :
| 0.52 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Korea, North :
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| HIV Korea, North :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Korea, North :
| NA |
| Literacy Korea, North :
| 99% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Korea, North :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Korea, North :
| NA |
| Inflation Korea, North :
| NA (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Korea, North :
| NA (2003) |
| Internet Users Korea, North :
| NA |
| Location Korea, North :
| Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea |
| Geographic Coordinates Korea, North :
| 40 00 N, 127 00 E |
| Religion Korea, North :
| traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) |
| Administrative region Korea, North :
| 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (si, singular and plural) |
| Terrain Korea, North :
| mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east |
| Elevation extremes lowest Korea, North :
| Sea of Japan 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Korea, North :
| Paektu-san 2,744 m |
| Natural resources Korea, North :
| coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
| Land use arable land Korea, North :
| 20,76% |
| Land use permanentcrops Korea, North :
| 2,49% |
| Irrigated land Korea, North :
| 14,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Korea, North :
| late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall |
| Environment current issues Korea, North :
| water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; water-borne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
| Geography note Korea, North :
| strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
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