Gyeongsang Province

Gyeongsang Province
province of the kingdom of Great Joseon
Korean transcription(s)
• Korean	경상도
• Hanja	慶尙道
• Revised Romanization	Gyeongsang-do
• McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏngsang-do
Short name transcription(s)
• Korean	경상
• Hanja	慶尙
• Revised Romanization	Gyeongsang
• McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏngsang
Country	Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Dialect	Gyeongsang

Gyeongsang Province (Korean: 경상도, romanized: Gyeongsang-do; Korean pronunciation: [kjʌ̹ŋ.sa̠ŋ.do̞]) was one of the Eight Provinces of Joseon Korea. Gyeongsang was located in southeastern Korea.

The provincial capital of Gyeongsang was Daegu. The region was the birthplace of the kingdom of Silla, which unified Korea in 668 CE. The region also has a highly significant role in modern Korean history; every non-acting South Korean president from 1963 to 2022 except Choi Kyu-hah (1979-1980) had ancestry from Gyeongsang, and all except Lee Myung-bak were also born in Gyeongsang.

Today, the historical region is divided into five administrative divisions: the three independent cities of Busan, Daegu and Ulsan, and the two provinces of North Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangbuk-do, often shortened to Gyeongbuk) and South Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangnam-do, often shortened to Gyeongnam). The largest city in the historical region is Busan, followed by Daegu.