Kwanbuk

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Kwanbuk
Hangul 관북
Hanja 關北
Revised Romanization Gwanbuk
McCune-Reischauer Kwanbuk

Kwanbuk is a region in North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong Provinces of North Korea. The region may once have been occupied by the Okjeo people. It was later controlled by Goguryeo and then Balhae, and subsequently contested by Goryeo and the Jurchen nation.

Kwanbuk was also used to denote the northern area of Hamgyong, mainly North Hamgyong, with Kwannam referring to South Hamgyong.

The term Kwanbuk is no longer widely used.

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