Annam
Annam 안암 | |
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| Anthem: God Save the Queen | |
| Status | British Overseas Territory |
| Capital | Masan |
| Official languages | English, Korean |
| Demonym(s) | Annamese |
| Government | Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
• Governor | Penelope Tudor |
• Chief Secretary | Noh Jung-min |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Commons | |
| Establishment | |
• British occupation | 1845 |
• Imperial Japanese military occupation | 1940 to 1945 |
• Annam Act | 1996 |
| Area | |
• | 822 km2 (317 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 6,254,200 (109th) |
• Density | 7,609/km2 (19,707.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $410,444,000,000 (45th) |
• Per capita | $65,627 (9th) |
| Currency | Annam Pound (AMP) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 |
| Date format |
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| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +641 |
| Internet TLD | .am |
Annam (Korean: 안암) is a city-state and British Overseas Territory in the Korean Peninsula. It is located on the Ongjin Peninsula, and shares a land border with North Korea. As a British Overseas Territory, Annam has internal self-government, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for its foreign affairs and defence.
In 1841, British East India Company officer Sir Robert Boucher established a trading port in the area of present Masan after purchasing the land from the Joseon court. In 1860, the territory, now a Crown colony named Annam and a flourishing trading port, expanded to cover the entire Ongjin Peninsula. Annam remained under British control during Japanese occupation of Korea, until 1940. Annam returned to British control following the Second World War, but was briefly occupied by the North Korean military for several months in 1950 during the Korean War, before returning once again to British sovereignty. Due to the ongoing Korean conflict and Annam's precarious location in the midst of that conflict, Annam has anomalously remained a British Overseas Territory since 1950, although political reforms in the 1990s have granted the territory substantial democratic self-government.