Hwanghae-do

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Hwanghae Province of Late Joseon Dynasty.png
Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 황해도
Hanja : 黃海 道
Revised Romanization : Hwanghae-do
McCune-Reischauer : Hwanghae-do

Hwanghae-do was a Korean province in the center of the country. It was founded in 1395 and divided into Hwanghae-pukto and Hwanghae-namdo in 1954 . Their capital was Haeju . Hwanghae bordered P'yŏngan (after 1896 P'yŏngan-namdo ) in the north, Kangwŏn-do in the east, Gyeonggi-do in the south and the Yellow Sea in the west.