It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railroad and the Daegu-Busan Expressway.

In the Samhan period, Cheongdo may have been the site of the small polity of Ieso-guk.

These in turn are divided into 212 ri, and 668 natural villages (jayeon burak).

Daegu is known to be one of the hottest cities in South Korea, due to the surrounding mountains that trap all the heat.

It is very common to see locals protecting themselves with face masks against the "yellow dust."