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North Korea (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 127 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 127.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Shares history with Korean Peninsula; part of Chosŏn kingdom established by Chinese 12th century BCE; China dominated from 3rd century BCE; Buddhism arrived 4th century; invaded by Mongols 13th century, by Japanese 16th century; divided from South Korea after WW II; official language is Korean (an Altaic language with Chinese loanwords). |
Names: |
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| Chosŏn (preferred,C,V,Korean, transliterated-P,U,N)
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| Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk (C,V,O,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmin-konghwaguk (Korean)
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| Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmīn-konghwaguk (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Chosŏn Minjujuŭi In'min Konghwaguk (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Choson Minchu-chui Inmin Konghwa-Guk (C,V)
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| Chosŏn M. I. K. (C,V,Korean, transliterated,U,N)
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| Choson (C,V)
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............ | unofficial local name that is most often used |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (C,O,English,U,N)
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| North Korea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| North Korea (North Ndebele)
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| North Korea (Pampanga)
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| Korea, North (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Korea, North (Shona)
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| Korea, People’s Democratic Republic of (C,V)
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| People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (C,V)
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| Korean People’s Republic (C,V)
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| Corée du Nord (C,O,French,U,N)
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| République populaire démocratique de Corée (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| República Popular Democrática de Corea (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Corea del Norte (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Corea del Norte (Asturian)
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| Noord Korea (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Nordkorea (C,O,Danish)
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| Nordkorea (Swedish)
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| Nordkorea (German-P,U,N)
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| Coréia do Norte (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| 조선 (C,V,Korean-P,U)
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| 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 (C,V,O,Korean,U)
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| Корейская Народно-Демократическая Республика (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً هوريا اضًعب ةَ الدّيملراط ةَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| PRK (C,O,ISO3L)
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| KP (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO408 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| KN (C,O,FIPS)
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| North Korean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Корейы Адæмон Демократон Республикæ (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Amihanan nga Korea (C,U,Waray (Philippines))
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| An Chóiré Thuaidh (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Bắc Triều Tiên (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Coeree (C,U,Dutch)
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| Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Corea dal Nord (C,U,Romansh)
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| Corea del Nord (C,U,Catalan)
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| Corea del Nord (Italian)
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| Corea del Nord (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Corèa del Nòrd (C,U,Occitan)
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| Corea do Norte - (C,U,Galician)
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| Corea d'o Norte (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Corea do Norte (C,U,Galician)
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| Corea dû Nord (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Corea, Repubblica Popolare Democratica (C,U,Italian)
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| Corê du Nord (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Coreea de Nord (C,U,Romanian)
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| Corée (République populaire démocratique de) (C,U,French)
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| Coreia do Norte (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Coreia, Norte (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Davvi-Korea (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Demirgazyk Koreýa (C,U,Turkmen)
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| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (C,U,English)
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| Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea (C,U,German)
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| Den demokratiske folkerepublik Korea (Nordkorea) (C,U,Danish)
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| Dziehe Korea nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Észak-Korea (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Etifi Koria (C,U,Akan)
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| Gogledd Corea (C,U,Welsh)
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| Hilagang Korea (C,U,Tagalog)
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| i-North Korea (C,U,Zulu)
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| Ipar Korea (C,U,Basque)
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| Kɛɲɛka Kore (C,U,Bambara)
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| Kōlea tokelau (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Korea an Norzh (C,U,Breton)
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| Korea Avannarleq (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Korea Avaratra (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (C,U,English)
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| Korea, Democratische Volksrepubliek (C,U,Dutch)
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| Korea (Demokratische Volksrepublik, Nordkorea) (C,U,German)
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| Korea, Észak (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Korea Gledh (C,U,Cornish)
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| Korea Kaskazini (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Korea Kaskazini (Swahili (generic))
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| Korean demokraattinen kansantasavalta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Koreańska Republika Ludowo-Demokratyczna (C,U,Polish)
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| Korea Północna (C,U,Polish)
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| Kórea, Severná (C,U,Slovak)
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| Korea Utara (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Korea Utara (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Korea Veriore (C,U,Albanian)
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| Korea ya Kaskazini (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish)
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| Kore dinò (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Koree Rewo (C,U,Fulah)
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| Korëe tî Banga (C,U,Sangho)
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| Koreja e Veriut (C,U,Albanian)
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| Kòrejańskô Lëdowò-Demokratnô Repùblika (C,U,Kashubian)
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| Kòrejańskô Lëdowò-Demokratnô Repùlika (C,U,Kashubian)
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| Koreja, Sjeverna (C,U,Croatian)
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| Koreja ta’ Fuq (C,U,Maltese)
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| Kórejská ľudovodemokratická republika (C,U,Slovak)
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| Kore wa muulu (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Korêya Bakur (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Koreya ey'omumambuka (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Koreya Ta Arewa (C,U,Hausa)
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| Koreya y'amajaruguru (C,U,Rundi)
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| Korɛ ya nɔ́rdi (C,U,Lingala)
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| Kuuriyada Waqooyi (C,U,Somali)
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| Kuzey Kore (C,U,Turkish)
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| Noard-Korea (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Nolüda-Koreyän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Noordkorea (C,U,Low German)
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| Noord-Korea (C,U,Dutch)
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| Noord-Korea (Afrikaans)
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| Noord-Korea (Limburgan)
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| Nord-Korea (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Nord-Korea (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Nord-Korea (Norwegian)
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| Nord-Korea (Ido)
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| Nord-Korea, Den demokratiske folkerepublikken (C,U,Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Nord-Koreio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Nord-Koreo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Norður-Kórea (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Norður-Korea (C,U,Faroese)
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| Not Korea (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Orílẹ́ède Guusu Kọria (C,U,Yoruba)
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| People’s Republic of Korea (C,U)
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| Põhja-Korea (C,U,Estonian)
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| Pohjois-Korea (C,U,Finnish)
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| República Popular Democrática da Coreia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Republik Engame Korea (C,U,Nauruan)
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| Republik Poblel ha Demokratel Korea (C,U,Breton)
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| Respublica Populi Democratica Coreae (C,U,Latin)
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| Severná Kórea (C,U,Slovak)
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| Severna Koreja (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Severna Koreja (Slovene)
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| Severní Korea (C,U,Czech)
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| Sewjerna Koreja (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Shimoliy Koreya (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Šiaurės Korėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Şimali Koreya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Şimal Koreya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Sjeverna Koreja (C,U,Croatian)
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| Sjeverna Koreja (Bosnian)
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| Utara Korea (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Ziemeļkoreja (C,U,Latvian)
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| ደቡብ ኮሪያ (C,U,Amharic)
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| កូរេ (C,U,Khmer)
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| เกาหลีเหนือ (C,U,Thai)
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| 朝鲜 (C,U,Chinese, Wu)
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| קוריאה הצפונית (C,U,Hebrew )
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| வடகொரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| ເກົາຫລີເໜືອ (C,U,Lao)
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| Корея, Северна (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| كوريا الشمالية (C,U,Arabic)
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| 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| उत्तर कोरिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| उत्तर कोरिया (Hindi)
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| उत्तर कोरिया (Nepali)
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| کره شمالی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ཁྲའོ་ཤན་བྱང་རྒྱུད (C,U,Tibetan)
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| کرهٔ شمالی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| उत्तरी कोरिया (C,U,Hindi)
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| سهېلي کوريا (C,U,Pashto)
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| Κορέα, Βόρεια (C,U,Greek)
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| ჩრდილოეთი კორეა (C,U,Georgian)
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| Северна Кореја (C,U,Serbian)
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| Северна Кореја (Macedonian)
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| ჩრდილოეთ კორეა (C,U,Georgian)
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| 북조선 (C,U,Korean)
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| ഉത്തര കൊറിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| བྱང་ཀོ་རི་ཡ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| 북한 (C,U,Korean)
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| Βόρεια Κορέα (C,U,Greek)
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| ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Северна Корея (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| வட கொரியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| Հյուսիսային Կորեա (C,U,Armenian)
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| Північна Корея (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យប្រជាមានិតកូរ៉េ (C,U,Khmer)
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| ประเทศเกาหลีเหนือ (C,U,Thai)
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| 北朝鲜 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ሰሜን ኮሪያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ሰሜን ኮሪያ (Amharic)
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| ઉત્તર કોરિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| উত্তর কোরিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| ଉତ୍ତର କୋରିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| 조선민주주의인민공화국 (C,U,Korean)
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| Корейська Народно-Демократична Республіка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| کره ی شمالی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| شمالی کوریا (C,U,Urdu)
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| کۆریای باکوور (C,U,Kurdish)
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| קוריאה, צפון (C,U,Hebrew )
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| 韓国、朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ഉത്തരകൊറിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Северная Корея (C,U,Russian)
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| උතුරු කොරියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ఉత్తర కొరియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| Паўночная Карэя (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ಉತ್ತರ ಕೋರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| မြောက်ကိုရီးယား (C,U,Burmese)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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as separate from South Korea, since 1948 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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Communist, established 1948 |
| controlled region (H) |
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Japanese, 1890s-August 1945 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
P'yŏngyang .......... (special city) |
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(World, Asia, North Korea) [1081962] |
| historical connection .... |
Kojosŏn .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711700] |
| historical connection .... |
Korean Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [8711784] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1991 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Корейская Народно-Демократическая Республика.......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| ....................................................................... |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 24 July 2013 |
| جُهور ةً هوريا اضًعب ةَ الدّيملراط ةَ.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 24 July 2013 |
| សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យប្រជាមានិតកូរ៉េ.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Корейська Народно-Демократична Республіка.......... |
[VP] |
| .................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Корейы Адæмон Демократон Республикæ.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Chosŏn-minjujuŭi-inmīn-konghwaguk.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................ |
Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
| Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Corea, Repubblica Popolare Democratica.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Corée (République populaire démocratique de).......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................ |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Den demokratiske folkerepublik Korea (Nordkorea).......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Korea, Democratische Volksrepubliek.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Korea (Demokratische Volksrepublik, Nordkorea).......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Korean demokraattinen kansantasavalta.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Koreańska Republika Ludowo-Demokratyczna.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Korea, People’s Democratic Republic of.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 April 2017 |
| Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Kòrejańskô Lëdowò-Demokratnô Repùblika.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Kòrejańskô Lëdowò-Demokratnô Repùlika.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Kórejská ľudovodemokratická republika.......... |
[VP] |
| .............................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Nord-Korea, Den demokratiske folkerepublikken.......... |
[VP] |
| .......................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| People’s Republic of Korea.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| República Popular Democrática da Coreia.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................. |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| Republik Poblel ha Demokratel Korea.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
| République populaire démocratique de Corée.......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 777 |
| Respublica Populi Democratica Coreae.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1873107 |
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