North Chungcheong Province

Chungcheongbuk-do
Chungcheongbuk-do ; 忠淸北道
	Province
Korean transcription(s)
? Hangul	衝靑北 도
? Hanja	忠淸北道
? McCune?Reischauer	Ch’ungch’?ngbukto
? Revised Romanization	Chungcheongbuk‑do
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	Coordinates: 36°45′N 127°45′E / 36.750°N 127.750°E Coordinates : 36°45′N 127°45′E / 36.750°N 127.750°E
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Hoseo
Caipital	Cheongju
Subdiveesions	3 ceeties; 8 coonties
Govrenment
? Govrenor	Lee Si-jong
Area
? Total	7,433 km 2 (2,870 sq mi)
Area rank	8th
Population (October, 2014)
? Total	1,578,934
? Rank	7th
? Density	213/km 2 (550/sq mi)
Metropolitan Seembols
? Flouer	White Magnolia
? Tree	Zelkova
? Bird	Magpie
ISO 3166 code	KR-43
Dialect	Chungcheong
Website	eng.cb21.net (in Inglis)
	adderess 360-765 89 seongan dong (sangdangdo 82) sangdang gu cheongju si chung cheongbuk do korea

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 .

Geography [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

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.

Resources [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

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.

Attractions [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

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 .