Chungcheongbuk-do
(Scots:
North Chungcheong Province
) is a
province
in the centre o the
Republic o Korea
. It wis formit in 1896 frae the northeastren hauf o the umwhile
Chungcheong
province. The provincial caipital is
Cheongju
.
The province is pairt o the
Hoseo
region
, an is bundit on the wast bi
Chungcheongnam-do
province, on the north bi
Gyeonggi-do
an
Gangwon-do
provinces, on the sooth bi
Jeollabuk-do
province, an on the east bi
Gyeongsangbuk-do
. Chungcheongbuk-do is the anerlie land-lockit province in Sooth Korea. The province is maistly muntainous, dominatit bi the
Noryeong Muntains
tae the north an the
Sobaek Muntains
tae the east.
Agricultural products includes
rice
,
baurley
,
beans
, an
potatoes
, but the province specializes in
ginseng
an
tobacco
. The tobacco wis introducit frae the US in 1912, transplantit frae
Virginia
.
There are mineral reserves o
gowd
,
iron
,
coal
,
steatite
,
fluorite
, an
molybdenum
, as well as
marble
an
limestane
in the northren pairt o the province. Silk weavin plays an important role.
The main attractions in the province are
Munt Songni
(1,058 metre (3,471 ft)) in the
Sobaek
muntains an its naitional pairk.
Beopjusa
, the steid o ane o the auldest temples o
Korea
is locatit in this naitional pairk, as in
Guinsa
, the heidquarters o the
Cheontae
sect. There is anither naitional pairk aroond
Munt Worak
.
Chungcheongbuk-do is dividit intae 3 ceeties (
si
) an 9 coonties (
gun
). Each entity is leetit belaw in Inglis,
hangul
, an
hanja
.
Chungbuk is the steid o several tertiary institutions, includin:
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