Chŏlla, North

Chŏlla, North

Korean  Chŏlla-pukdo 

      do (province), southwestern South Korea. It is bounded by the provinces of South Ch'ungch'ŏng and North Ch'ungch'ŏng (north), North Kyŏngsang and South Kyŏngsang (east), South Chŏlla (south), and by the Yellow Sea (west). The province is divided by the Noryŏng Mountains, a spur of the T'aebaek Mountains. The eastern part is a plateau, and the western part is a plain through which flow the Sŏmjin, Mankyŏng, Tongjin, and Kŭm rivers. The plain, one of the largest granaries in the country, produces rice, barley, cotton, hemp, and paper mulberry, used to make paper for sliding screens. There is cattle breeding on the plateau. Since the late 1960s and the construction of Honam highway, an industrial belt connecting the provincial capital of Chŏnju, Iri, and the port city of Kunsan has been established. Area 3,109 square miles (8,051 square km). Pop. (2002 est.) 1,961,572.

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