South Korea
General Facts
Area: 100,210 km2 (38,690 sq miles)
Capital City: Seoul
Population: 51,4466,201 (2017 estimate)
Official Languages: Korean, Korean Sign Language
Boarding Countries: North Korea
Coastline: 2,413 km (1,499 miles)
Currency: South Korean Won (KRW)
Government: Presidential Constitutional Republic
Climate
South Korea has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are usually long, cold and dry. Summers are very short, hot, and humid. Spring and autumn are pleasant but also short in duration. Seoul's mean temperature in January is -5 degrees Celsius to - 2.5° Celsius (23°- 27,5° Fahrenheit) and in July the mean temperature is about 22.5° C to 25° C (71°- 75° F). The country generally has enough rainfall, rarely it does less than 75 centimeters of rain fall in any given year; for the most part, rainfall is over 100 centimeters.
Five Largest Cities/Towns:
1. Seoul (10,349,312)
2. Busan (3,678,555)
3. Incheon (2,628,000)
4. Daegu (2,566,540)
5. Daejeon (1,475,221)
