Andong

Andong

      city, North Kyŏngsang do (province), east-central South Korea. It lies 215 miles (345 km) from the mouth of the Naktong River, at the terminus of its navigable section, near a multipurpose dam. The city has been in existence since the Three Kingdoms period (beginning c. 57 BC) under various names, and since the Koryŏ period (935–1392) it has been known by its present name. Until the end of the Chosŏn (Yi) dynasty (1392–1910), it was the local administrative centre, producing a number of scholars and political leaders. The city's traditional domestic products are alcoholic spirits (Andong-Soju), hemp cloth (Andong-Po), and silk. Andong is the seat of a national university (1979). Pop. (1990) 116,958.

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