Chungcheong-do (English spelling)

Japanese: 忠清道 - ちゅうせいどう（英語表記）Ch‘ungch‘ŏng‐do

A region in the midwest of the Korean Peninsula, one of the eight provinces of Korea. It belongs to South Korea and is administratively divided into North and South Provinces and Daejeon Metropolitan City. The populations of North Chungcheong Province (capital city, Cheongju) were 1,442,191, South Chungcheong Province (capital city, Daejeon) were 1,855,346, and Daejeon City was 1,268,432 (all as of 1995).
[Nature]
Geographically, the country is divided into two contrasting regions, the east and the west. The eastern part is the Han River basin, sandwiched between the Charyeong Mountains in the north and the Sobaek Mountains in the south, and is mostly covered with hilly mountains, with the only flat land being the small Chungju Basin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮半島中西部の地方で，朝鮮八道の一つ。韓国に属し，行政上は南北道と大田広域市に分かれ，人口は忠清北道(道庁所在地，清州)144万2191，忠清南道(道庁所在地，大田)185万5346，大田市126万8432(いずれも1995)。
［自然］
　地形的にきわめて対照的な東西二つの地域に分かたれる。東部は北の車嶺山脈と南の小白山脈に挟まれた漢江流域であり，大部分が丘陵性の山地で覆われ，平地としては狭小な忠州盆地がみられるだけである。

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