Place:Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

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NameGyeongsangbuk-do
Alt namesKyŏngsang Pukdosource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 347; Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-92; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 864
Kyŏngsang-buktosource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Kyŏngsang-puktosource: Family History Library Catalog
Kyŏngsang-puktosource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kyŏngsangpuksource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 338
North Kyŏngsangsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 864
TypeProvince
Coordinates36.333°N 128.75°E
Located inSouth Korea
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ahwa-ri
Andong
Ch'unyang
Ch'ŏngdo
Ch'ŏngha
Daegu
Gimcheon
Gumi
Gyeongju
Gyeongsan
Hayang
Kamp'o
Koryŏng
Kunwi
Kuryongp'o
Kusung
Kyŏngsan
Mun'gyŏng
Mungyeong
P'yŏnghae
Pohang
Sangju
Sinnyŏng
Sŏngju
Sŏnsan
Tabu-dong
Taejin
Ulchin
Waegwan
Yech'ŏn
Yeongcheon
Yeongju
Yonggi
Yŏngch'ŏn
Yŏngdŏk
Yŏngju
Yŏngyang
Ŭisŏng
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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North Gyeongsang Province is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.

Daegu was the capital of North Gyeongsang Province between 1896 and 1981, but has not been a part of the province since 1981. In 2016, the provincial capital moved from Daegu to Andong.

The area of the province is , 19.1 percent of the total area of South Korea.

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