P'yŏngan-namdo

P'yŏngan-namdo
Chosŏn'gŭl :	평안 남도
Hancha :	平安南道
McCune-Reischauer :	P'yŏngan-namdo
Revised Romanization :	Pyeongannam-do
Basic data
Surface:	12,534 km²
Residents:	4,051,696 (as of October 1, 2008)
Population density :	323 inhabitants per km²
Structure :	5 cities ( Si ) * 3 districts ( Ku and Chigu ) * 15 counties ( Kun );
Administrative headquarters :	P'yŏngsŏng

P'yŏngan-namdo (South P'yŏngan) is a province in North Korea . It was created in 1896 when the province of P'yŏngan-do was divided into P'yŏngan-pukto and P'yŏngan-namdo. The capital of P'yŏngan-namdo Province is P'yŏngsŏng .

geography

The province is bordered by Pyongyang and Hwanghae-pukto in the south, Kangwŏn-do in the southeast , Hamgyŏng-namdo in the east, the Yellow Sea in the west and Chagang-do and P'yŏngan-pukto in the north .

Administrative division

The P'yŏngan-namdo province is divided into five cities, three districts and 19 counties.

In 2004, the special administrative region of Namp'o , a city under central administration of the government of the province of Pyŏngan-namdo, was attached. These are the city of Namp'o and the counties of Ch'ŏllima, Kangsŏ, Taean and Ryonggang. Namp'o had the status of a special city within the province. In 2010, the city and these districts and Onch'ŏn district were spun off as Namp'o again.

Cities

Anju -shi ( 안주 시 ; 安州市 )
Kaech'ŏn -shi ( 개선 시 ; 開城市 )
P'yŏngsŏng-shi ( 평성 시 ; 平城市 )
Sunch'ŏn -shi ( 순천시 ; 順天市 )
Tŏkch'ŏn -shi ( 덕천 시 ; 德川市 )

Districts

Ch'ŏngnam-gu ( 청 남구 ; 清南區 )
Tŭkchang-jigu ( 득장 지구 ; 得場地區 )
Ungok-chigu ( 운곡 지구 ; 雲谷地區 )

Counties

Hoech'ang-gun ( 회 창군 ; 檜倉郡 )
Maengsan-gun ( 맹산군 ; 孟山郡 )
Mouthŏk-gun ( 문덕 군 ; 文德郡 )
Pukch'ang-gun ( 북 창군 ; 北倉郡 )
P'yŏngwŏn-gun ( 평원군 ; 平原君 )
Sinyang-gun ( 신 양군 ; 新陽郡 )
Sŏmgch'ŏn-gun ( 성 천군 ; 成川郡 )
Sukch'ŏn-gun ( 숙천군 ; 肅川郡 )
Chŭngsan-gun ( 증산 군 ; 甑山郡 )
Taehŭng-gun ( 대흥군 ; 大興郡 )
Taedong-gun ( 대동 군 ; 大同郡 )
Ŭnsan-gun ( 은산 군 ; 殷山郡 )
Yangdŏk-gun ( 양덕군 ; 陽德郡 )
Nyŏngwŏn-gun ( 녕 원군 ; 寧遠郡 )

Others

The province is home to the Pyongyang Golf Complex and the Pukchang Power Plant , North Korea's largest electricity supplier.

Individual evidence

↑ Kim So Yeol: North Korea Splits No. 38 and 39 Departments Up Again. In: Daily NK . February 15, 2011, accessed November 15, 2012 .

39.3 125.8Coordinates: 39 ° 18 ' N , 125 ° 48' E

[1] Kim So Yeol: North Korea Splits No. 38 and 39 Departments Up Again. In: Daily NK . February 15, 2011, accessed November 15, 2012 .