South Chungcheong Province

South Chungcheong Province 충청남도
Province
Chungcheongnam-do Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰuŋ.tɕʰʌŋ.nam.do]
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	충청남도
• Hanja	忠淸南道
• McCune‑Reischauer	Ch'ungch'ŏngnamdo
• Revised Romanization	Chungcheongnam-do
From the left: Dangjin and Cheonan
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Coordinates: 36°30′N 126°45′E / 36.500°N 126.750°E / 36.500; 126.750
Country	South Korea
Region	Hoseo
Largest city	Cheonan
Capital	Hongseong County
Subdivisions	8 cities; 7 counties
Government
• Governor	Kim Tae-heum (People Power)
Area
• Total	8,226.14 km2 (3,176.13 sq mi)
• Rank	6th
Population  (2022)
• Total	2,123,037
• Rank	4th
• Density	258.08/km2 (668.4/sq mi)
Metropolitan Symbols
• Flower	Chrysanthemum
• Tree	Weeping willows
• Bird	Mandarin duck
GDP [1]
• Total	KR₩ 128 trillion US$ 102 billion (2022)
ISO 3166 code	KR-44
Dialect	Chungcheong
Website	Official website (English)

South Chungcheong Province (Korean: 충청남도; RR: Chungcheongnam-do), informally called Chungnam, is a province of South Korea in the Hoseo region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. South Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi to the north, North Chungcheong, Sejong Special Self-governing City, and Daejeon Metropolitan City to the east, and North Jeolla to the south.

Hongseong County is the capital and Cheonan is the largest city of South Chungcheong, with other major cities including Asan, Seosan, and Dangjin. Daejeon was the largest city of South Chungcheong until becoming a Metropolitan City in 1989, and the historic capital until the provincial government was relocated to Hongseong in 2012.

South Chungcheong was established in 1896 from the province of Chungcheong, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea, consisting of the southwestern half of the territory. South Chungcheong was known as Chūsei-nan Prefecture during the Japanese Colonial Period from 1910 and became part of South Korea following the division of Korea in 1945.