UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI

FACULTATEA DE GEOGRAFIE

SEOUL
THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA

CIOBOAT RODICA-GEORGIANA

BUCURETI, 2016
GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH KOREA

South Korea or Republic of

Korea, is located in East
Asia at approximately 37
North, 127 30 East, on
the southern half of the
Korean Peninsula jutting
out from the far east of the
Asian land mass into the
Yellow Sea.
 Seoul, the capital
of South Korea, sits on the
Han River (Korea) in the
country's northwest
situated about 30 miles
(~50 km) south of the de-
militarized zone.
Seoul serves as the
country's political, cultural,
and economic center, as well
as a center for international
business.
HAN RIVER

The Han River is a major river in South

Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean
peninsula after the Amnok, Tuman,
and Nakdong rivers.
The river serves as a water source for over
12 million Koreans.
The total length of the Han River is
approximately 494 kilometres .
SEOUL DIVIDES INTO 25 DISTRICTS
SEOUL HAS A TEMPERATE AND CONTINENTAL CLIMATE

Summers, generally
hot and wet, experience
monsoons from June until
September. August, the
hottest month, has an
average temperature of 22 C to 30 C .Winters,
often cold compared to places at a similar
latitude, have an average January temperature of
-7 C to 1 C. Generally drier than summers,
Seoul averages 28 days of snow each winter.
Attractions
TECHNOLOGY
Seoul has a very technologically
advanced infrastructure.
MUSEUMS
Seoul is home to 115 museums,[96] including four
national and nine official municipal museums
FESTIVALS
Seoul Festival is a seasonal cultural festival held
four times a year every spring, summer, autumn,
and winter in Seoul.
TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

The hanbok, which symbolizes traditional

Korean beauty, reflects the style and spirit of things
such as ideology, customs, behaviors, form, and
skills that have been transmitted since olden times.
It consists of a skirt, jeogori (top), baji (pants),
durumagi (outer), vest, and magoja (outer coat worn
by men).
The skirt and jeogori, which have a splendid and
graceful shape that is created by straight and curved
lines, are Koreas unique clothing.