AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
LANGUAGES |
RELIGIONS |
CURRENCY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38,232 sq miles |
43.6 Million |
Seoul |
Korean |
28% Buddhism, 25% Christianity |
South Korean won= |
CLIMATE |
(Average Temperature Centigrade) | |||||||||||
January |
-8 |
March |
2 |
May |
15 |
July |
26 |
September |
19 |
November |
5 |
|
February |
-5 |
April |
10 |
June |
21 |
August |
25 |
October |
11 |
December |
-5 |
|
PRECIPITATION |
Cold winters and hot and wet summers |
Rainy season from June to September (annual rainfall 49 inches) |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| New Year | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 |
| Sollal | *31.01-02.02 | *21.01-23.01 | *08.01-10.01 | *28.01-30.01 | *17.01-19.01 |
| Independence Movement Day | *01.03 | *01.03 | *01.03 | *01.03 | *01.03 |
| Day of Trees | *05.04 | *05.04 | *05.04 | *05.04 | *05.04 |
| Labor Day | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 |
| Children's Day | *05.05 | *05.05 | *05.05 | *05.05 | *05.05 |
| Buddha's Anniversay | *08.05 | *26.05 | *15.05 | *05.05 | *24.05 |
| Memorial Day | *06.06 | *06.06 | *06.06 | *06.06 | *06.06 |
| Constitution Day | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 | *17.07 |
| Liberation Day | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 | *15.08 |
| Ch'usok | *10.09-12.09 | *27.09-29.09 | *17.09-18.09 | * | * |
| National Foundation Day | *03.10 | *03.10 | *03.10 | *03.10 | *03.10 |
| Christmas | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 | *25.12 |
*Dates are in DDMM format
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