Dig straight down through North Korea 🇰🇵 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Argentina 🇦🇷. Below are North Korea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| 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) |
Taken from the middle of North Korea, that point sits at 40.3376° S, 53.1965° W. 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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