North Jeolla Province or
Jeollabuk-do (전라북도; 全羅北道; Jeollabuk-do) is a
province in the southwest of
South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former
Jeolla province, and remained a province of
Korea until the country's
division in 1945, then became part of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at
Jeonju, which was the capital of all of Jeolla before 1896.