North Jeolla

North Jeolla Province, officially Jeonbuk State, is a special self-governing province of South Korea in the region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula.

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North Jeolla

  • Type: Province with 1,770,000 residents
  • Description: province of South Korea
  • Also known as: “Chellā North”, “Cholla”, “Chŏlla-pukto”, “État de Jeonbuk”, “Jeolla Bắc”, “Jeolla Bugdo”, “Jeollabuk-do”, “Jeonbuk”, “Jeonbuk Province”, “Jeonbuk Special Self-governing Province”, “Jeonbuk State”, “Jeonbuk-teukbyeoljachido”, “Nord-Tschöl-la”, “Nordjeolla”, “North Chel-lā”, “North Chŏlla Province”, “North Chonla”, “North Jeolla Province”, “North Jeolla Special Self-Governing Province”, “North Zenra”, “North Zenra Province”, “Province autonome spéciale de Jeolla du Nord”, “Province autonome spéciale de Jeonbuk”, “Province de Jeolla du Nord”, “Puk Chzhiölla-do”, “Severnay Chzhiölla-do”, “Tjyen ra”, “Tjyen-la”, “Tsiuen-la”, “Zenra”, “Zenra North”, “Τζόλαμπουκ-ντο”, “ჩოლა-პუქტო”, “جولا بوك دو”, “জিওনবুক রাজ্য”, “ఉత్తర జియోలా రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “ช็อนบุก”, “ช็อลลาบุกโด”, “전북특자도”, “チョルラ北道”, and “全羅北特別自治道”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and
  • Categories: special self-governing province and state of South Korea and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
35.8199° or 35° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
127.109° or 127° 6′ 32″ east
Population
1,770,000
Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)
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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”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Ջոլա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çolla-Pukto”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • Balinese: “Jeolla Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Jeolla”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Чала”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর জেওলা প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “জিওলাবুক-ডো”
  • Bulgarian: “Чъла-Пукто”
  • Burmese: “ဂျော်လာမြောက်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • Cebuano: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • Central Kurdish: “باکووری پارێزگای جیۆلا”
  • Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
  • Chinese: “全罗北道”
  • 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: “Jeolla du Nord”
  • French: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • German: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • German: “Jeonbuk-do”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Τζόνμπουκ”
  • 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: “उत्तर चोलला प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Csolla”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Jeolla-hérað”
  • Indonesian: “Jeolla Utara”
  • Italian: “Jeolla Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Nord Jeolla”
  • 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: “全北”
  • Korean: “全北特別自治道”
  • Korean: “全羅北道”
  • Latvian: “Čollapukto province”
  • Latvian: “Čollapukto”
  • Literary Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
  • 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”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jeonbuk Te̍k-pia̍t Chū-tī-tō”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ჩოლა”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ჩოლაშ პროვინცია”
  • 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”
  • Pushto: “جیولابوک-ډو”
  • Romanian: “Jeolla de Nord”
  • 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: “Norra Jeolla”
  • Tajik: “Чоллбук-до”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு ஜெயல்ல மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Чоллбук-до”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర జియోలా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดช็อลลาเหนือ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Not Jeolla”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Jeolla Province”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Jeolla”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Чолла”
  • Urdu: “شمالی جئولا صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Jeollabuk-do”
  • Vietnamese: “Jeonbuk”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gogledd Jeolla”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اتلا جیولا”
  • Wu Chinese: “全北特別自治道”
  • Wu Chinese: “全北特别自治道”
  • Yue Chinese: “全北特別自治道”

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