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정주 (Ch'ŏngju)

정주 (Ch'ŏngju, also transliterated as Cheongju), is a city of 663 thousand residents1 located on a river that contributes to the Kŭm (Geum) River and is in the center of 대한 (Daehan or South Korea). It is served by one of the nation's busiest airports.2

External references

Overview of Ch'ŏngju, Daehan (South Korea)

Footnotes

1. 2012 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea, accessed 8/31/2015.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_South_Korea, accessed 8/31/2015.