Korea

region in East Asia
Organization region Q18097
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Summary

Korea is a region[1]. Korea ranks in the top 0.62% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,448 views/month, #8 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Japan[3], Yellow Sea[4], East China Sea[5], Namhae[6]
  • Continent: Asia[7]
  • Instance of: state[8], divided territory[9]
  • Named after: Goryeo[10]
  • Commons category: Korea[11]
  • Has part(s): Korean Peninsula[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: East Asia[13], Korean Peninsula[14]
  • Foods traditionally associated: Kimchi[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Korea[16]
  • Commons gallery: Korea[17]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Korea[18]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[24], The Encyclopedia Americana[25], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[26]
  • Replaces: Joseon[27]
  • Replaced by: North Korea[28], South Korea[29]
  • Category for people born here: Q8059148[30]
  • Demonym: Koreaan[31], Korean[32], Coreani[33], Koreaner[34], Koreanerin[35], Koreanerinnen[36], Cóiréach[37], Koreańczyk[38], Koreanka[39], Koreańczycy[40], Koreanki[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Koreans[42], Category:Korean people[43]
  • Different from: Korean Peninsula[44], North Korea[45], career[46]
  • Area: 219,155 km²[47]
  • History of topic: history of Korea[48]
  • Studied by: Korean studies[49]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Korea[50]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Korea include Abies koreana[51], a taxon[52].

Why It Matters

Korea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Korea is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for Korea include Abies koreana[51], a taxon[52].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . en.wikisource.org. en.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . The National Terminology Database for Irish. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q150 (fra)-Koreller-Corée.wav
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Korea2.ogg"
  2. 9w ago · LadyData · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → korea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb keyword: korea, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193889979|korea (#193889979)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb keywords]] "
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q28559
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q28559, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → korea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: korea, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945669|korea (#289945669)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 16w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 한국(지역)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 한국(지역)"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002840-Korea
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0002840-Korea, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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