Cheongju
Cheongju, also spelled Chongju, is the capital of North Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheongju, in addition to being the provincial capital, is also a historic city credited with creating the world's oldest movable metal type print book: jikji.- Location: North Chungcheong, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 833,000
- IATA airport code: CJJ
- United Nations Location Code: KR COJ
- Latitude: 36.6372° or 36° 38' 14" north
- Longitude: 127.4897° or 127° 29' 23" east
- Elevation: 49 meters (161 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1845604
Also Known As
In the Area
Localities
- Bungmunno2-gaVillage
- Bungmunno1-gaVillage
- Munhwa-dongVillage
- Nammunno2-gaVillage
- Yeong-dongVillage
- Seomun-dongVillage
Landmarks
- Heungheung BakeryCafé
- Korea Bank Cheongju BranchBank
- Chungcheongbuk-do Provincial OfficeGovernment
- Chungbukgyoyuk MuseumMuseum
- Mom's TouchFast food restaurant
- sangdang-gu OfficeGovernment
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