P'yŏngan-namdo
P'yŏngan-namdo | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl : | 평안 남도 |
Hancha : | 平 安南 道 |
McCune-Reischauer : | P'yŏngan-namdo |
Revised Romanization : | Pyeongannam-do |
Basic data | |
Surface: | 12,534 km²
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Residents: | 4,051,696 (as of October 1, 2008) |
Population density : | 323 inhabitants per km² |
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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 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 18 ' N , 125 ° 48' E