Daegu-Gyeongbuk

Daegu-Gyeongbuk
Hangul	대구경북
Hanja	大邱慶北
Revised Romanization	Daegu-Gyeongbuk
McCune–Reischauer	Taegu-Kyŏngbuk

Daegu-Gyeongbuk (대구경북, 大邱慶北) is the compound word of Daegu and Gyeongbuk (formally Gyeongsangbuk-do), and indicates both administrative provinces in South Korea. With a population of 5.05 million,^[1] the region usually forms the same political, economic, and cultural area, although it is not an administratively unitary region. Daegu is an independent city from Gyeongsangbuk-do and has the same status with its mother province. Both have their separate local governments reporting directly to the national government.

There are many cities in this region including Daegu as the foremost city, Pohang as the major port city, Gumi as the major industrial city, Gyeongju and Andong as the historic cities. The region has about one tenth of South Korea's population and GDP, and has the third largest metropolitan area centering the Daegu city.

History

See also: History of Daegu and Silla#History

Cheomseongdae of Gyeongju

Dosan Seowon of Andong

Historically, the region was the birthplace of the Silla Kingdom. With Gyeongju as the capital city, it developed and left a number of remains in and around the city. The Gyeongju Historic Areas are a World Heritage Site, listed by UNESCO in 2000. In Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty, it formed Gyeongsang-do. Its name comes from a portmanteau word of Gyeongju and Sangju, the two large cities at that time. In the latter part of Joseon, it was home to the Korean Confucianism. Many tangible and intangible cultural assets can be seen throughout the region, especially in its northern part including Andong. In 2010, the Hahoe Folk Village of Andong and the Yangdong Folk Village of Gyeongju designated as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[2] At the same time, the commercial center of the region moved to Daegu from Sangju and Gyeongju. The city also has been the provincial capital since 1601. The current boundary of the region was first defined with the name of Gyeongsangbuk-do in 1896, the year when Gyeongsang-do was divided into Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do. It had the largest population in the country until its division in 1981, when Daegu separated from Gyeongsangbuk-do. The provincial office of Gyeongsangbuk-do still remains in Daegu.

Subdivisions

It consists of Daegu (formally Daegu Metropolitan City) and Gyeongsangbuk-do. Daegu is divided into 7 wards (Gu) and 1 county (Gun), while Gyeongsangbuk-do is divided into 10 cities (Si) and 13 counties (Gun).

Daegu

Main article: Administrative divisions of Daegu

7 gu's

Jung-gu (중구, 中區) Dong-gu (동구, 東區) Seo-gu (서구, 西區)

Nam-gu (남구, 南區) Buk-gu (북구, 北區)

Suseong-gu (수성구, 壽城區) Dalseo-gu (달서구, 達西區)

1 gun

• Dalseong-gun (달성군, 達城郡)

Gyeongsangbuk-do

Main article: Cities and Counties of Gyeongsangbuk-do

10 si's

Andong (안동시, 安東市) Gimcheon (김천시, 金泉市) Gyeongju (경주시, 慶州市) Gyeongsan (경산시, 慶山市)

Gumi (구미시, 龜尾市) Mungyeong (문경시, 聞慶市) Pohang (포항시, 浦項市)

Sangju (상주시, 尙州市) Yeongcheon (영천시, 永川市) Yeongju (영주시, 榮州市)

13 gun's

Bonghwa (봉화군, 奉化郡) Cheongdo (청도군, 淸道郡) Cheongsong (청송군, 靑松郡) Chilgok (칠곡군, 漆谷郡) Goryeong (고령군, 高靈郡)

Gunwi (군위군, 軍威郡) Seongju (성주군, 星州郡) Uiseong (의성군, 義城郡) Uljin (울진군, 蔚珍郡)

Ulleung (울릉군, 鬱陵郡) Yecheon (예천군, 醴泉郡) Yeongdeok (영덕군, 盈德郡) Yeongyang (영양군, 英陽郡)

References

1. ^ "지역별 인구 및 인구밀도". Statistics Korea. 2009. http://www.index.go.kr/egams/stts/jsp/potal/stts/PO_STTS_IdxMain.jsp?idx_cd=1007&bbs=INDX_001&clas_div=C&rootKey=1.48.0. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 
2. ^ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/117_70595.html