from Gyeongsangbuk-do and has the same administrative status with its mother province. Both have their separate local governments reporting directly to the national government.
In addition to the foremost city Daegu, there are many cities in this region including
Gumi the electronics industrial city, Gyeongju and Andong
Gyeongsang-do. Its name is from Gyeong of Gyeongju and Sang of Sangju, the two largest cities at that time. In the latter part of Joseon, it became home to the Korean Confucianism. Many cultural assets can be seen throughout the region including Andong. The Hahoe village of Andong and Yangdong village of Gyeongju are designated as the World heritages.[2]
From around the time, Daegu became the commercial center of the region. The provincial capital moved to Daegu in 1601.
The current boundary of the region was first defined with the name of Gyeongsangbuk-do in 1896, the year when Gyeongsang-do was divided into Gyeongsangbuk-do and
Gyeongsangnam-do
. It had the largest population in the country until its division in 1981, when Daegu separated from Gyeongsangbuk-do. After more than four hundred years at Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do's provincial office moved to Andong in 2016.