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North Korea

North Korea. By : Megan Connelly. Geography. Continent: Asia Bordering Nations: South Korea and China Bodies of Water: Sea of Japan, Korea Bay, and Yellow Sea Location: North of the equator Area: 120,540 sq km Comparative Area: Mississippi

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North Korea

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  1. North Korea By : Megan Connelly

  2. Geography • Continent: Asia • Bordering Nations: South Korea and China • Bodies of Water: Sea of Japan, Korea Bay, and Yellow Sea • Location: North of the equator • Area: 120,540 sq km • Comparative Area: Mississippi • General Climate: temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer • Environmental Issues: water pollution; inadequate supplies of portable water; waterborne diseases; deforestations; soil erosion and degradation

  3. Religion • Traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist • Some Christian syncretic Chondogyo

  4. Achievements • Language: Korean • Literacy Rate: 99% • Birth Rate:14.61/1000 • Death Rate: 7.24/1000 • Fertility Rate: 2 children born/women

  5. Politics • Capital: Pyongyang • Type of Government: Communist state one-man dictatorship

  6. Economics • Agricultural Products: rice, corn, and potatoes • Manufactured Products: military products, machine buildings, and electric power • GDP per capita: $1900 • Import: petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles and grains • Exports: minerals, metallurgical products, manufactutures, textiles, agricultural and fishery products

  7. Social Structure • Population: 23,479,089 • Average Life Expectancy: M=69.45 F=75.08 • Ethnic divisions: racially homogeneous: there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Jews

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