North Jeolla
North Jeolla Province, officially Jeonbuk State, is a Special Self-governing Province of South Korea in the Honam region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula.Photo: Elsword2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Jeonju and Gunsan.
Jeonju
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Jeonju is the capital of North Jeolla province, South Korea. It is an administrative, educational, and cultural center in the central part of Jeollabuk-do.
Gunsan
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Gunsan, also romanized as Kunsan, is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea.
Iksan
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Iksan is a city of 307,000 people in North Jeolla, with large farming plains and several remnants of Baekje dynasty.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Muju and Jeongeup.
Muju
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Muju is a small town in the North Jeolla province, in South Korea. Muju is known for their annual Firefly Festival, as well as skiing, at nearby Muju Resort.
Jeongeup
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Jeongeup is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city limits include Naejang-san National Park, a popular destination particularly in autumn due to its foliage.
Gimje
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Gimje is a city in North Jeolla where you can visit various temples. There are distinctive temples, including Geumsan Temple, which has a unique type of stupa, Manghaesa Temple overlooking the sea, and Gwisinsa Temple with a unique name.
Namwon
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Namwon is in North Jeolla. It is located in the southeastern part of Jeollabuk-do. The distance between east and west is 44.7km, and the distance between north and south is 28.6km.
Gochang
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Gochang County is a beautiful tourist destination in North Jeolla that combines tradition and nature, and you can enjoy various activities and beautiful scenery when you visit.
North Jeolla
- Type: Province with 1,770,000 residents
- Description: province of South Korea
- Also known as: “Chellā North”, “Cholla”, “Chŏlla-pukto”, “Jeolla Bugdo”, “Jeollabuk-do”, “Jeonbuk”, “Jeonbuk Province”, “Jeonbuk Special Self-governing Province”, “Jeonbuk State”, “Jeonbuk-teukbyeoljachido”, “Nord-Tschöl-la”, “North Chel-lā”, “North Chŏlla Province”, “North Chonla”, “North Jeolla Province”, “North Jeolla Special Self-Governing Province”, “North Zenra”, “North Zenra Province”, “Puk Chzhiölla-do”, “Severnay Chzhiölla-do”, “Tjyen ra”, “Tjyen-la”, “Tsiuen-la”, “Zenra”, and “Zenra North”
- Neighbors: North Chungcheong, North Gyeongsang, South Chungcheong, South Gyeongsang, and South Jeolla
- Categories: special self-governing province and state of South Korea and locality
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
35.8199° or 35° 49′ 12″ northLongitude of center
127.109° or 127° 6′ 32″ eastPopulation
1,770,000Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Jeolla” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Jeollabuk”
- Amharic: “ጆላቡክ-ዶ”
- Arabic: “جولا الشمالية”
- Arabic: “جولا بوك دو”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Ջոլա”
- Azerbaijani: “Çolla-Pukto”
- Azerbaijani: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Balinese: “Jeolla Kalér”
- Basque: “Ipar Jeolla”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Чала”
- Bengali: “উত্তর জেওলা প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “জিওনবুক রাজ্য”
- Bengali: “জিওলাবুক-ডো”
- Bulgarian: “Чъла-Пукто”
- Burmese: “ဂျော်လာမြောက်တိုင်း”
- Catalan: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Cebuano: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Central Kurdish: “باکووری پارێزگای جیۆلا”
- Chinese: “Jeonbuk Te̍k-pia̍t Chū-tī-tō”
- Chinese: “全北”
- Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
- Chinese: “全罗北道”
- Chinese: “全羅北特別自治道”
- Chinese: “全羅北道”
- Czech: “Severní Čolla”
- Danish: “North Jeolla Province”
- Dutch: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Esperanto: “Norda Ĝolla”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Chŏlla provints”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Jeolla provints”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Jeolla”
- French: “État de Jeonbuk”
- French: “Jeolla du Nord”
- French: “Jeollabuk-do”
- French: “Province autonome spéciale de Jeolla du Nord”
- French: “Province autonome spéciale de Jeonbuk”
- French: “Province de Jeolla du Nord”
- German: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Τζόνμπουκ”
- Greek: “Τζόλαμπουκ-ντο”
- Gujarati: “ઉત્તર જેઓલા પ્રાંત”
- Hakka Chinese: “Jeolla Pet-tho”
- Hakka Chinese: “Jeonbuk Thi̍t-phe̍t Chhṳ-chhṳ-tho”
- Hausa: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Hebrew: “צפון ג’אולה”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी जेओला प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Csolla”
- Icelandic: “Norður-Jeolla-hérað”
- Indonesian: “Jeolla Utara”
- Italian: “Jeolla Settentrionale”
- Italian: “Nord Jeolla”
- Japanese: “チョルラ北道”
- Japanese: “全北”
- Japanese: “全北特別自治道”
- Japanese: “全羅北道”
- Javanese: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಜೆಯೋಲಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Kazakh: “Чолла-Пукто”
- Kazakh: “Чоллбук-до”
- Khmer: “ខេត្តចុលឡាខាងជើង”
- Kirghiz: “Чоллбук-до”
- Korean: “Chŏlla-bukto”
- Korean: “Chŏnbuk”
- Korean: “전라북도”
- Korean: “전북”
- Korean: “전북특별자치도”
- Korean: “전북특자도”
- Korean: “全北”
- Korean: “全北特別自治道”
- Korean: “全羅北道”
- Latvian: “Čollapukto province”
- Latvian: “Čollapukto”
- Literary Chinese: “全北”
- Literary Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
- Literary Chinese: “全羅北道”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Džolos provincija”
- Lombard: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Malay: “Jeolla Utara”
- Malay: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Marathi: “उत्तर जेओला प्रांत”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Jeolla Báe̤k-dô̤”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Jeonbuk Dĕk-biék Cê̤ṳ-dê-dô̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Choân-lô Pak-tō”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუე ჩოლა”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუე ჩოლაშ პროვინცია”
- Mingrelian: “ჩოლა-პუქტო”
- Mongolian: “Умард Чолла муж”
- Mongolian: “Умард Чолла”
- Northern Frisian: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Jeolla”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Jeolla”
- Oromo: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Panjabi: “ਜਿਓਲਲਬੁਕ-ਡੋ”
- Persian: “استان جولا شمالی”
- Persian: “جئولابوک-دو”
- Polish: “Jeolla Północna”
- Portuguese: “Jeolla do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Portuguese: “Jeonbuk”
- Pushto: “جیولابوک-ډو”
- Romanian: “Jeolla de Nord”
- Romanian: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Romanian: “Jeonbuk”
- Russian: “Чолла-Пукто”
- Scots: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Scots: “North Jeolla Province”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු ජෙයෝල්ලා පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Džeolabuk”
- Somali: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Spanish: “Jeolla del Norte”
- Spanish: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Jeolla del Norte”
- Swahili: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Swedish: “Nordjeolla”
- Swedish: “Norra Jeolla”
- Tajik: “Чоллбук-до”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு ஜெயல்ல மாகாணம்”
- Tatar: “Чоллбук-до”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర జియోలా ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర జియోలా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดช็อลลาเหนือ”
- Thai: “ช็อนบุก”
- Thai: “ช็อลลาบุกโด”
- Tok Pisin: “Not Jeolla”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Jeolla Province”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Jeolla”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Чолла”
- Urdu: “شمالی جئولا صوبہ”
- Uzbek: “Jeollabuk-do”
- Vietnamese: “Jeolla Bắc”
- Vietnamese: “Jeollabuk”
- Vietnamese: “Jeonbuk”
- Welsh: “Talaith Gogledd Jeolla”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اتلا جیولا”
- Wu Chinese: “全北”
- Wu Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
- Wu Chinese: “全北特别自治道”
- Wu Chinese: “全罗北道”
- Yue Chinese: “全北”
- Yue Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
- Yue Chinese: “全羅北道”
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