Ch'ungju

Ch'ungju

      city, North Ch'ungch'ŏng do (province), central South Korea. Connected with Seoul by water transport on the Han River, it was the administrative and economic centre of the province until the provincial government was removed to Ch'ŏngju in 1909. Although traditionally an agricultural centre, the city began to develop industrially in the 1950s with the construction of a fertilizer plant. Pop. (1990) 128,425; (1995) 205,206.

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