South Pyongan

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South P'yŏngan Province

Korean name
McCune-Reischauer	P'yŏngan-namdo
Revised Romanization	Pyeongannam-do
Hangul	평안 남도
Hanja	平安南道
Short name	P'yŏngnam (Pyeongnam; 평남)
Statistics
Population	n/a
Area	n/a
Government	Province
Capital	P'yŏngsŏng
Administrative divisions	1 Special City (Tŭkkŭpsi), 5 cities (Si), 3 districts (1 Ku and 2 Chigu), 19 counties (Kun)
Region	Kwansŏ
Dialect	P'yŏngan
Location map

South P'yŏngan (P'yŏngan-namdo) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former P'yŏngan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is P'yŏngsŏng.

Contents

1 Geography
2 Administrative Divisions

2.1 Cities
2.2 Districts
2.3 Counties
2.4 References

3 See also

Geography

The province is bordered by North P'yŏngan and Chagang to the north, South Hamgyŏng and Kangwŏn to the east and southeast, and North Hwanghae and P'yŏngyang 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 (Tŭkkŭpsi, not to be confused with Tŭkpyŏlsi, the designation P'yŏngyang, the separately administered national capital);
5 cities (Si);
3 districts (1 Ku and 2 Chigu); and
19 counties (Kun).

Its administrative divisions are:

Cities

Namp'o Special City (Namp'o Tŭkkŭpsi; 남포 특급시; 南浦特級市; created in 2004)
P'yŏngsŏng-si (the provincial capital; 평성시; 平城市; established December 1969)
Anju-si (안주시; 安州市; established August 1987)
Kaesŏn-si (개선시, 价川市; established August 1990)
Sunch'ŏn-si (순천시; 順川市; established October 1983)
Tŏkch'ŏn-si (덕천시; 德川市; established June 1986)

Districts

Ch'ŏngnam-gu (청남구; 清南區)
Tŭkchang-jigu (득장지구; 得場地區)
Ungok-chigu (운곡지구; 雲谷地區)

Counties

Chungsan-gun (증산군; 甑山郡)
Hoech'ang-gun (회창군; 檜倉郡)

Maengsan-gun (맹산군; 孟山郡)
Mundŏk-gun (문덕군; 文德郡)
Onch'ŏn-gun (온천군; 溫泉郡)
Pukch'ang-gun (북창군; 北倉郡)
P'yŏngwŏn-gun (평원군; 平原郡)
Sinyang-gun (신양군; 新陽郡)
Sŏngch'ŏn-gun (성천군; 成川郡)
Sukch'ŏn-gun (숙천군; 肅川郡)
Taehŭng-gun (대흥군; 大興郡)
Taedong-gun (대동군; 大同郡)
Ŭnsan-gun (은산군; 殷山郡)
Yangdŏk-gun (양덕군; 陽德郡)

The below former counties of South Pyongan were merged with Nampo in 2004:

Ch'ŏllima-gun (천리마군; 千里馬郡)
Kangsŏ-gun (강서군; 江西郡)
Ryonggang-gun (룡강군; 龍岡郡)
Taean-gun (대안군; 大安郡)

References

[행정 구역 현황 (Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang;)] (in Korean only)
[Administrative divisions of North Korea] (in simplified Chinese; used as reference for Hanja)