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Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla) is a province
Administrative divisions of South Korea

|||}File:520px-Provinces of South Korea Txt.PNGSouth Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city ....
 in the southwest of South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Jeolla
Jeolla

Jeolla was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Jeolla was located in the southwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Jeonju....
 province, and remained a province of Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 until the country's division
Division of Korea

The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allies of World War II victory in World War II, ending Japan's 35-year Korea under Japanese rule....
 in 1945, then became part of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Jeonju
Jeonju

Jeonju is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals....
, which was the capital of all of Jeolla before 1896.

province is part of the Honam
Honam

Honam is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to North Jeolla and South Jeolla Provinces....
 region
Regions of Korea

Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the Korean Peninsula....
, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean peninsula....
, on the north by Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do

Chungcheongnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the west of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, on the south by Jeollanam-do
Jeollanam-do

Jeollanam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Jeolla province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, and on the east by Gyeongsangbuk-do
Gyeongsangbuk-do

Gyeongsangbuk-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
 and Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do

Gyeongsangnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon....
.






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Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla) is a province
Administrative divisions of South Korea

|||}File:520px-Provinces of South Korea Txt.PNGSouth Korea is divided into 8 provinces , 1 special autonomous province , 6 metropolitan cities , and 1 special city ....
 in the southwest of South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Jeolla
Jeolla

Jeolla was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Jeolla was located in the southwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Jeonju....
 province, and remained a province of Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
 until the country's division
Division of Korea

The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allies of World War II victory in World War II, ending Japan's 35-year Korea under Japanese rule....
 in 1945, then became part of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Jeonju
Jeonju

Jeonju is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals....
, which was the capital of all of Jeolla before 1896.

Geography

The province is part of the Honam
Honam

Honam is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. Today, the term refers to North Jeolla and South Jeolla Provinces....
 region
Regions of Korea

Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the Korean Peninsula....
, and is bounded on the west by the Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean peninsula....
, on the north by Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do

Chungcheongnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the west of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southwestern half of the former Chungcheong province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, on the south by Jeollanam-do
Jeollanam-do

Jeollanam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Jeolla province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
, and on the east by Gyeongsangbuk-do
Gyeongsangbuk-do

Gyeongsangbuk-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
 and Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do

Gyeongsangnam-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon....
. The Noryeong Mountains divide the province. The eastern half is a plateau, the western one a plain. Through the plain in the west flow four rivers: Seomjin
Seomjin River

The Seomjin River is a river in South Korea. It drains southeastern Jeollabuk-do as well as eastern Jeollanam-do and western Gyeongsangnam-do provinces, and flows into the Korea Strait....
, Mangyeong, Dongjin, and Geum
Geum River

The Geum-gang River is located in South Korea. It is a major river that originates in Jangsu-eub, North Jeolla Province. It flows northward through North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces and then changes direction in the vicinity of Greater Daejeon and flows southwest through South Chungcheong Province before emptying into the Yellow S...
.

Resources

The western plain in Jeollabuk-do is one of the largest granaries of South Korea. Apart from rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
, important products include cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, barley
Barley

Barley is an annual plant cereal grain derived from the grass Hordeum vulgare. It serves as a major animal feed crop, with smaller amounts used for malting and in health food, as well as the making of alcoholic beverages beer and whisky....
, hemp
Hemp

File:Industrialhemp.jpgHemp is the common name for plants of the entire genus Cannabis, although the term is often used to refer only to Cannabis strains cultivated for industrial use....
, and paper mulberry
Paper Mulberry

The Paper Mulberry is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and tapa cloth tree....
 which is used for the paper in traditional sliding doors. Cattle breeding is important in the eastern plateau.

Transportation and industry

In the 1960s the Honam highway (which has since been upgraded to the Honam Expressway
Honam Expressway

The Honam Expressway or Honamseon is a freeway serving the Honam region in South Korea. The freeway connects Nonsan on the Cheonan-Nonsan Expressway and Honam Expressway Branch Line to Gwangju and Suncheon, South Korea on the Namhae Expressway....
) was built. This created an industrial belt, connecting the cities of Iri
IRI

IRI may refer to:* The Islamic Republic of Iran* Internationalized Resource Identifier, a generalization of the Uniform Resource Locator , a World Wide Web resource allowing the use of Unicode...
 (now called Iksan
Iksan

Iksan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" , but merged with Iksan County in 1995....
) and Gunsan
Gunsan

Gunsan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is located on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea....
 (a port city) with the provincial capital of Jeonju
Jeonju

Jeonju is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals....
.

Administrative divisions

Jeollabuk-do is divided into 6 cities (si) and 8 counties (gun). The names below are given in English, hangul
Hangul

Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logogram Sino-Korean vocabulary hanja system. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official writing system of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China....
, and hanja
Hanja

Hanja is the Korean language name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese language and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation....
.

Cities

  • Jeonju
    Jeonju

    Jeonju is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals....
     (???; ???, capital)
  • Gimje
    Gimje

    Gimje is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Jeollabuk-do Province, South Korea....
     (???; ???)
  • Gunsan
    Gunsan

    Gunsan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is located on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea....
     (???; ???)
  • Iksan
    Iksan

    Iksan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" , but merged with Iksan County in 1995....
     (???; ???)
  • Jeongeup
    Jeongeup

    Jeongeup is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city limits include Naejang-san National Park, a popular destination particularly in autumn due to its foliage....
     (???; ???)
  • Namwon
    Namwon

    Namwon is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Namwon is about 45 minutes from the provincial capital of Jeonju, which is three hours away from Seoul....
     (???; ???)


    • Counties

    • Buan County
      Buan County

      Buan County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.Famous people from Buan include Joseon Dynasty kisaeng and poet, Yi Mae-chang....
       (???; ???)
    • Gochang County
      Gochang County

      Gochang County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College....
       (???; ???)
    • Imsil County
      Imsil County

      Imsil County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea....
       (???; ???)
  • Jangsu County
    Jangsu County

    * For the King of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, see Jangsu of Goguryeo.Jangsu County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea....
     (???; ???)
  • Jinan County
    Jinan County

    Jinan County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.External links...
     (???; ???)
  • Muju County
    Muju County

    Muju County ,is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province , South Korea. is a local government in Korea emerging as a world-class resort city on the back of a clean ecological city, an international tourism city and an affluent healthy city....
     (???; ???)
  • Sunchang County
    Sunchang County

    Sunchang County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea.Sunchang's claim to fame is its red pepper paste, or gochujang, which is supposed to be distinct from other recipes....
     (???; ???)
  • Wanju County
    Wanju County

    Wanju County is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province, South Korea....
     (???; ???)


    • History


    See also

    • List of Korea-related topics
      List of Korea-related topics

      This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the #Introduction below....
    • Jeonbuk FC


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