DMZ
The Korean Demilitarized Zone runs along the complete 248-km land border between North Korea and South Korea and is 4 km wide. This article will cover visiting only from South Korea for practical purposes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: demilitarized zone
- Description: demilitarized zone in Korea
- Also known as: “Korean Demilitarised Zone” and “Korean Demilitarized Zone”
DMZ
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.3° or 38° 18′ northLongitude
127.27° or 127° 16′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8QC98729+2XWikidata ID
Q331990
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Satellite Map
Discover DMZ from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“DMZ” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Zona koreane e demilitarizuar”
- Arabic: “المنطقة المنزوعة السلاح”
- Arabic: “منطقة كورية منزوعة السلاح”
- Azerbaijani: “Koreya silahsızlaşdırılmış zonası”
- Basque: “Koreako gune desmilitarizatua”
- Belarusian: “Дэмілітарызаваная зона, Карэя”
- Belarusian: “Дэмілітарызаваная зона”
- Bengali: “কোরীয় অসামরিকীকৃত অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Корейска демилитаризирана зона”
- Catalan: “Zona desmilitaritzada coreana”
- Catalan: “Zona desmilitaritzada de Corea”
- Central Kurdish: “ناوچەی داماڵراوی سەربازیی کۆری”
- Chinese: “北韓非軍事區”
- Chinese: “北韩非军事区”
- Chinese: “南北韓非軍事區”
- Chinese: “南北韩非军事区”
- Chinese: “朝韩非军事区”
- Chinese: “朝鮮半島非軍事區”
- Chinese: “朝鲜半岛非军事区”
- Chinese: “朝鲜非军事区”
- Chinese: “韓國非軍事區”
- Chinese: “韩国非军事区”
- Croatian: “Korejska razvojačena zona”
- Czech: “Korejské demilitarizované pásmo”
- Danish: “Koreanske demilitariserede zone”
- Dutch: “DMZ Korea”
- Dutch: “Koreaanse gedemilitariseerde zone”
- Esperanto: “Korea senarmea zono”
- Esperanto: “Korea Senarmeigita Zono”
- Estonian: “Korea demilitariseeritud tsoon”
- Finnish: “Korean demilitarisoitu vyöhyke”
- French: “Zone coréenne démilitarisée”
- French: “Zone démilitarisée coréenne”
- Georgian: “კორეის დემილიტარიზებული ზონა”
- German: “Demilitarisierte Zone”
- German: “Entmilitarisierte Zone”
- Greek: “Αποστρατιωτικοποιημένη Ζώνη Κορέας”
- Hebrew: “האזור המפורז הקוריאני”
- Hebrew: “האיזור המפורז הקוריאני”
- Hindi: “कोरियाई विसैन्यीकृत क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Koreai demilitarizált övezet”
- Indonesian: “Zona Demiliterisasi Korea”
- Indonesian: “한반도 비무장지대”
- Italian: “ZDC”
- Italian: “Zona demilitarizzata coreana”
- Japanese: “南北軍事境界線”
- Japanese: “軍事境界線”
- Kazakh: “Демилитарландырылған аймақ”
- Korean: “군사분계선”
- Korean: “한반도 비무장 지대”
- Korean: “한반도 비무장지대”
- Latin: “Zona dearmata Coreana”
- Latvian: “Korejas Demilitarizētā zona”
- Lithuanian: “Korėjos demilitarizuota zona”
- Lombard: “Zona demilitarizzada coreana”
- Lombard: “Zona desmilitarizzada coreana”
- Malay: “Kawasan Bebas Tentera Korea”
- Malay: “Zon Bebas Tentera Korea”
- Mingrelian: “კორეაშ დემილიტარიზაფილი ზონა”
- Mongolian: “Солонгосын цэрэггүй бүс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Demilitarisert sone”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “DMZ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “den demilitariserte sona på Koreahalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “den koreanske demilitariserte sona”
- Norwegian: “Demilitarisert sone”
- Persian: “منطقه غیرنظامی کره”
- Polish: “Koreańska Strefa Zdemilitaryzowana”
- Portuguese: “ZDC”
- Portuguese: “Zona desmilitarizada coreana”
- Portuguese: “Zona Desmilitarizada Coreana”
- Portuguese: “Zona Desmilitarizada da Coreia”
- Portuguese: “Zona Desmilitarizada da Coréia”
- Romanian: “Zona coreeană demilitarizată”
- Romanian: “Zona demilitarizată coreeană”
- Romanian: “Zona Demilitarizată Coreeană”
- Russian: “Демилитаризованная зона”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Korejska demilitarizirana zona”
- Slovak: “Demilitarizovaná zóna”
- Slovenian: “Korejska demilitarizirana cona”
- Spanish: “Zona desmilitarizada de Corea”
- Swedish: “Koreas demilitariserade zon”
- Tagalog: “Korean Demilitarized Zone”
- Tagalog: “Sonang ‘di-militarisado ng Korea”
- Tagalog: “Sonang Desmilitarisado ng Korea”
- Thai: “เขตปลอดทหารเกาหลี”
- Turkish: “Kore Tarafsız Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Демілітаризована зона”
- Vietnamese: “Khu phi quân sự bán đảo Triều Tiên”
- Vietnamese: “Khu phi quân sự liên Triều”
- Vietnamese: “Khu phi quân sự Triều Tiên”
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