Hamgyeong-do
Korean spelling | |
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Korean alphabet : | 함경도 |
Hanja : | 咸 鏡 道 |
Revised Romanization : | Hamgyeong-do |
McCune-Reischauer : | Hamgyŏng-do |
Hamgyeong-do (Japanese Kankyo ) was one of the eight provinces in Korea and was located in the northeast of the country. It was founded in 1413 and divided into Hamgyeongbuk-do and Hamgyeongnam-do in 1896 . Their capital was Hamheung . Hamgyeong bordered China in the north, the Sea of Japan in the east, and Pyeongan-do in the south and west.