Dig straight down through South 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 Uruguay 🇺🇾. Below are South Korea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Seoul |
|---|---|
| Population | about 51.7 million |
| Area | 99,041 km² (38,240 sq mi) |
| Region | Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Emerging region: MIKT |
| Income group | High income: OECD |
| Official name | Republic of Korea |
| Also written | Corea del Sur (es) · Corée du Sud (fr) · 大韩民国 (zh) · كوريا الجنوبية (ar) · Республика Корея (ru) · 大韓民国 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of South Korea, that point sits at 36.2050° S, 52.0986° W. The nearest coast is Uruguay 🇺🇾, roughly 254 km (158 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Montevideo, Uruguay, about 398 km (247 miles) from the point.
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