South Pyongan

Template:Infobox North Korean province South P'yŏngan (P'yŏngan-namdo) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former P'yŏngan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is P'yŏngsŏng.

Geography

The province is bordered by North P'yŏngan and Chagang to the north, South Hamgyŏng and Kangwŏn to the east and southeast, and North Hwanghae and P'yŏngyang to the south. The Yellow Sea and Korea Bay are located to the west.

South P'yŏngan is divided into:

1 special city (Tŭkkŭpsi, not to be confused with Tŭkpyŏlsi, the designation P'yŏngyang, the separately administered national capital);
5 cities (Si);
3 districts (1 Ku and 2 Chigu); and
19 counties (Kun).

Its administrative divisions are:

The below former counties of South Pyongan were merged with Nampo in 2004:

Administrative divisions of North Korea	Image:Flag of North Korea.svg
Directly Governed Cities P'yŏngyang \| Rasŏn
Former Directly Governed Cities Ch'ŏngjin \| Hamhŭng \| Kaesŏng \| Namp'o
Special Administrative Regions Kaesŏng Industrial Region \| Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region \| Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Provinces Chagang \| North Hamgyŏng \| South Hamgyŏng \| North Hwanghae \| South Hwanghae \| Kangwŏn \| North P'yŏngan \| South P'yŏngan \| Ryanggang

Administrative divisions of North Korea	Image:Flag of North Korea.svg
Directly Governed Cities P'yŏngyang \| Rasŏn
Former Directly Governed Cities Ch'ŏngjin \| Hamhŭng \| Kaesŏng \| Namp'o
Special Administrative Regions Kaesŏng Industrial Region \| Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region \| Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Provinces Chagang \| North Hamgyŏng \| South Hamgyŏng \| North Hwanghae \| South Hwanghae \| Kangwŏn \| North P'yŏngan \| South P'yŏngan \| Ryanggang