This is North Korea 🇰🇵 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | Pyongyang |
|---|---|
| Population | about 25.7 million |
| Area | 125,588 km² (48,490 sq mi) |
| Region | Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Least developed region |
| Income group | Low income |
| Official name | Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Also written | Corea del Norte (es) · Corée du Nord (fr) · 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 (zh) · كوريا الشمالية (ar) · КНДР (ru) · 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 (ja) |
Start near the middle of North Korea and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 40.3376° S, 53.1965° W, in South Atlantic Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Argentina 🇦🇷, roughly 465 km (289 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 459 km (285 miles) from the point.
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