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Chungcheong-do
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Ch'ungch'ŏng-do
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충청도
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忠清道
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Chungcheong (Ch'ungch'ŏng 충청)
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Province
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Gongju
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Hoseo
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Chungcheong
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West
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(''Chungcheong-do'') was one of the
Eight Provinces of
Korea during the
Joseon Dynasty . Chungcheong was located in the southwest of Korea. The provincial capital was located at
Gongju , which had been the capital of the kingdom of
Baekje from
475 to
538 .
Chungcheong Province was formed during the in
1356 —during the
Goryeo Dynasty—from the southern portion of the former province of
Yanggwang . Its name derived from the names of the principal cities of
Chungju (충주; 忠州) and
Cheongju (청주; 淸州).
In
1895 , the province was replaced by the
Districts of Chungju (''Chungju-bu;'' 충주부; 忠州府) in the east, Gongju (''Gongju-bu;'' 공주부; 公州府) in the centre, and Hongju (''Hongju-bu;'' 홍주부; 洪州府; modern-day
Hongseong County ) in the west.
In
1896 , Chungju and eastern Gongju Districts were reorganized into
North Chungcheong Province, and Hongju and western Gongju Districts were reorganized into
South Chungcheong Province. North and South Chungcheong are today part of
South Korea .
Chungcheong was bordered on the north by
Gyeonggi Province, on the east by
Gangwon and
Gyeongsang Provinces, on the south by
Jeolla Province, and on the west by the
Yellow Sea . The region is mountainous in the east (the North province) and somewhat lower and flatter in the west (the South province).
The
Regional Name for Chungcheong was "
Hoseo " (pronounced "Ho-soh"), although this name is almost never used today.
Apart from Cheongju, Chungju, and Gongju, other large or notable cities in the modern-day Chungcheong region include
Daejeon ,
Cheonan and
Janghang .
Historically, almost all transportation and communication routes between
Seoul and the southern
Honam (Jeolla) and
Yeongnam (Gyeongsang) regions have gone through the Chungcheong region, and today
Daejeon —the region's largest city—is a major
Railway And Freeway junction.
