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South Korea Information
- Total Area: 98,480 square kilometers (38,023 square miles)
- Capital: Seoul
- Population: 44,000,000
- Ethnic Composition: 99.9% Korean; 0.1% other (mostly Chinese)
- Official Language: Korean
- Religion: 53% none; 24% Mahayana Buddhist; 16% Protestant; 7% other
- Government: A republic; the head of state is the president, who is elected by voters to a five-year term; the head of government is the prime minister, appointed by the president with the consent of the legislature; the unicameral legislature is called the National Assembly and has 299 members. Voting age is 20.