South Pyongan Province | |
Native Name Lang: | ko |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Translit Lang1: | Korean |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Chŏsŏn'gŭl |
Translit Lang1 Info: | Korean: 평안남도 |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hancha |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | Korean: {{linktext|平|安|南|道 |
Translit Lang1 Type2: | McCune-Reischauer |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | P'yŏng'annam-do |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Revised Romanization |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Pyeong-annam-do |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kwanso |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Pyongsong |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts: | 5 cities; 19 counties |
Leader Party: | WPK |
Leader Title: | Party Committee Chairman |
Leader Name: | Kim Tu-il[1] |
Leader Title2: | Provincial People's Committee Chairman |
Leader Name2: | Ri Song Pom[2] |
Area Total Km2: | 12,330 |
Population Total: | 4,051,696 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Pyongyang Time |
Utc Offset: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Dialect |
Blank Info Sec1: | P'yŏngan |
South Pyongan Province (; pronounced as /ko/) 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.
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.
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:
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:[3]