Place:Chŭngch'ŏng-pukdo, South Korea

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NameChŭngch'ŏng-pukdo
Alt namesCh'ungch'ŏng Pukdosource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 138; Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-36; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 860
Ch'ungch'ŏng-puktosource: Family History Library Catalog
Ch'ungch'ŏng-puktosource: Britannica Book of the Year (1990) p 653
Ch'ungch'ŏngbuksource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 138
Ch'ungch'ŏngpuksource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 338
Ch'ungchŏng-buktosource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
North Ch'ungch'ŏngsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 860
TypeProvince
Coordinates36.75°N 128°E
Located inSouth Korea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ch'ungju
Ch'ŏngju
Ch'ŏngsan
Changhowŏn
Chech'ŏn
Cheongju
Chinch'ŏn
Chungju
Eumsung
Jecheon
Okch'ŏn
P'yŏngdong-ni
Poŭn
Tanyang
Yŏngdong
Ŭmsŏng
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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North Chungcheong Province (Chungcheongbuk-do), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region in the south-center of the Korean Peninsula. North Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi and Gangwon to the north, North Gyeongsang to the east, North Jeolla to the south and South Chungcheong, Sejong Special Autonomous City and Daejeon Metropolitan City to the west.

Cheongju is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong, with other major cities including Chungju and Jecheon.

North Chungcheong was established in 1896 from the province of Chungcheong, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea, consisting of the northeastern half of the territory, and is South Korea's only landlocked province. North Chungcheong was known as Chūsei-hoku Prefecture during the Japanese Colonial Period from 1910 and became part of South Korea following the division of Korea in 1945.

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