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Chungcheong Province
Hangul 충청도 Hanja 忠清道 Revised Romanization Chungcheong-do McCune-Reischauer Ch'ungch'ŏng-do
Short name
Hangul 충청 Revised Romanization Chungcheong McCune-Reischauer Ch'ungch'ŏng
Statistics
Government Province Capital Gongju Region Hoseo Dialect Chungcheong
Location map
Map of Korea highlighting the province.

Chungcheong (Chungcheong-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Chungcheong was located in the southwest of Korea. The provincial capital was located at Gongju, which had been the capital of the kingdom of Baekje from 475 to 538.

Chungcheong Province was formed during the in 1356—during the Goryeo Dynasty—from the southern portion of the former province of Yanggwang. Its name derived from the names of the principal cities of Chungju (충주; 忠州) and Cheongju (청주; 淸州).

In 1895, the province was replaced by the Districts of Chungju (Chungju-bu; 충주부; 忠州府) in the east, Gongju (Gongju-bu; 공주부; 公州府) in the centre, and Hongju (Hongju-bu; 홍주부; 洪州府; modern-day Hongseong County) in the west.

In 1896, Chungju and eastern Gongju Districts were reorganized into North Chungcheong Province, and Hongju and western Gongju Districts were reorganized into South Chungcheong Province. North and South Chungcheong are today part of South Korea.

Historic Chungcheong was bordered on the north by Gyeonggi Province, on the east by Gangwon and Gyeongsang Provinces, on the south by Jeolla Province, and on the west by the Yellow Sea. The region is mountainous in the east (the North province) and somewhat lower and flatter in the west (the South province).

The regional name for Chungcheong is Hoseo, although this name is used less than the current administrative name.

Apart from Cheongju, Chungju, and Gongju, other large or notable cities in the modern-day Chungcheong region include Daejeon, Cheonan and Janghang.

Historically, almost all transportation and communication routes between Seoul and the southern Honam (Jeolla) and Yeongnam (Gyeongsang) regions have gone through the Chungcheong region, and today Daejeon—the region's largest city—is a major railway and freeway junction.

• Yun Seon-gak (Hangul: 윤선각, Hanja:尹先覺), the governor (Hangul: 순찰사; Hanja: 巡察使; Revised Romanization: sunchalsa; McCune-Reischauer: sunch'alsa) of Chungcheong before the Imjin War.
• Fukushima Masanori (福島正則, Fukushima Masanori^?), the governor of Chungcheong (1592–1593) during the Imjin War.
• Jeong Se-gyu (Hangul: 정세규, Hanja: 鄭世規), the governor (Hangul: 백; Hanja: 伯; Revised Romanization: baek; McCune-Reischauer: paek) of Hoseo during the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636.

• Seoul City history article on Hanseong and 22 other late 19th-century districts (in Korean)