North Chungcheong Province

Chungcheongbuk-do
Chungcheongbuk-do; 충청북도
	Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	충청북도
• Hanja	忠淸北道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Ch’ungch’ŏngbukto
• Revised Romanization	Chungcheongbuk‑do
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	Coordinates: 36°45′N 127°45′E / 36.750°N 127.750°ECoordinates: 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 km2 (2,870 sq mi)
Area rank	8th
Population (October, 2014)
• Total	1,578,934
• Rank	7th
• Density	213/km2 (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

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

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

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.