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North Korea
Capital: Pyongyang
- About 80 percent of the country is mountains and uplands, separated by deep, narrow valleys. Paektu is the highest point, at 2,744 metres.
- Forest covers over 70 percent of the country, mostly on steep slopes, and three types of forest ecosystem are found there.
- Mount Paektu is an active stratovolcano, 2,744 metres high. Its crater lake, Heaven Lake, is usually ice-covered from mid-October to mid-June.
- The Koguryo Tombs, listed by UNESCO in 2004, include 30 tombs of the Goguryeo kingdom. Many of their wall paintings show daily life and myths.