South Pyongan Province (Redirected from South Pyongan)

South Pyongan Province
평안남도
Korean transcription(s)
 • Chŏsŏn'gŭl평안남도
 • Hancha
 • McCune-ReischauerP'yŏng'annam-do
 • Revised RomanizationPyeong-annam-do
Location of South Pyongan Province
Country North Korea
RegionKwanso
CapitalPyongsong
Subdivisions5 cities; 19 counties
Government
 • Party Committee ChairmanKim Tu-il (WPK)
 • People's Committee ChairmanKang Hyong-bong
Area
 • Total12,330 km2 (4,760 sq mi)
Population
(2008)
 • Total4,051,696
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)
DialectP'yŏngan

South Pyongan Province (Korean평안남도; MRPhyŏngannamdo; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanːamdo]) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is Pyongsong.

Geography

A typical settlement along the main road in South Pyongan Province near Pyongsong.

The province is bordered by North Pyongan and Chagang Provinces to the north, South Hamgyong and Kangwon Provinces to the east and southeast and North Hwanghae Province and Pyongyang to the south. The Yellow Sea and Korea Bay are located to the west.

Administrative divisions

South P'yŏngan is divided into 1 special city (tŭkpyŏlsi); 5 cities (si); 16 counties (kun); and 3 districts (1 ku and 2 chigu).

Its administrative divisions are:

Cities

Counties

Districts

The below former counties of South Pyongan were merged with Nampo in 2004 and are administered as part of that city:

In 2010 the following county was merged with Nampo:

Gallery

See also


This page was last updated at 2024-03-22 05:22 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari