Explore North Korea in Asia - North Korea Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
North Korea with its capital Pyongyang is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan). It covers some 120,541 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Mississippi) with 22,912,177 citizens. Korean is the language spoken by people in North Korea. China, South Korea and Russia are bordering countries.
Pictures from Pyongyang (Capital) 
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Pyongyang street view
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Reunification monument
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Reunification monument...
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Street view
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About North Korea
The terrain offers mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys having coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east. The average density of population is about 190 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer. Possible natural disasters include late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding or occasional typhoons during the early fall.
To reach someone in North Korea dial +850 prior to a number. There are 1,180,000 installed telephones. And there are 0 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".kp". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110/220V - 50/60Hz.
The country consists of 11 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of North Korea
North Korea Tourism Information
Unesco World Heritage Properties
Complex of Koguryo Tombs
The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast...
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in North Korea
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in North Korea has declined over the last 10 years by 4.5 births per thousand from 19.1 in 2001 to 14.6 in 2010. Currently, 331,801 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in North Korea has rised over the last 10 years by 0.4 deaths per thousand from 10.4 in 2001 to 10.6 in 2010. Currently, 241,227 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in North Korea is growing at an rate of 0.39% (or by 88,526 citizens). Each year 2,048 people leave this country (or 0.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.4%. Or an total increase of 90,574 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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