North Gyeongsang Province
province of South Korea
North Gyeongsang Province (Korean: 경상북도; Korean pronunciation: [kjʌŋ.saŋ.buk̚.t͈o]), also known as Gyeongbuk (경북), is a province in eastern South Korea. With an area of 18,420 km2 (7,110 sq mi), North Gyeongsang is the largest province in the Korean peninsula. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea (as Keishōhoku-dō during Japanese rule) until the country's division in 1945, then became part of South Korea.
Daegu was the capital of North Gyeongsang Province between 1896 to 2016, but has not been a part of the province since 1981. In 2016, the provincial capital moved from Daegu to Andong.
History
The 1,000-year-old Silla Kingdom flourished and unified the previous three kingdoms. The area was named Gyeongsang-do in 1314 during the Goryeo Dynasty. In 1896, during the Joseon Dynasty, the area was renamed Gyeongsangbuk-do as 13 provinces were reorganized. The current administrative district was reorganized with the reorganization of Bu, Gun, and Myeon in 1914.
Geography and climate
The province is part of the Yeongnam region, bordered to the south by South Gyeongsang Province, to the west by North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces, and to the north by Gangwon Province.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “North Gyeongsang Province” as province of South Korea. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as province of South Korea. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q41154. VIAF identifies the subject as 128997416. The Library of Congress control number is n79144984. Authority coordinates are 36.576, 128.506. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1896, 1945, 2016 and 1981.
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