Country North Korea Dialect P'yŏngan Population 4.052 million (2008) Subdivisions 5 | Region Kwanso Area 12,330 km² Capital Pyongsong | |
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South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo; [pʰjʌŋ.an.nam.do]) 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.
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Map of South Pyongan, North Korea
Geography
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: