Sooth Pyongan Province

Sooth Pyongan (P'yŏngannam-do) is a province o North Korea. The province wis formt in 1896 frae the southern hauf o the umwhile P'yŏngan Province, steyin a province o Korea till 1945, then became a province o North Korea. Its caipital is P'yŏngsŏng.

Geografie

The province haes mairches northlins wi Hamgyongbuk-do an Chagang-do, eastlins wi Hamgyongnam-do, sootheastlins an Kangwŏn, an soothlins wi Hwanghaebuk-do an P'yŏngyang. The Yellae Sea an Korea Bay is tae be fund wastlins.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Pyongannam-do is dividit intae:

• 1 special ceety (Tŭkkŭpsi, no tae be ramfeeselt wi Tŭkpyŏlsi, the designation P'yŏngyang, the separately admeenistered naitional caipital); 5 ceeties (Si); 19 coonties (Kun); an 3 destricks (1 Ku an 2 Chigu).

Its admeenistrative diveesions is:

Ceeties

• Namp'o Special Ceety (남포특급시/南浦特級市; creatit in 2004)
• Pyongsong (평성시/平城市; the provincial caipital, established December 1969)
• Anju (안주시/安州市; established August 1987)
• Kaechon (개천시/价川市; established August 1990)
• Sunchon-si (순천시/順川市; established October 1983)
• Tokchon (덕천시/德川市; established Juin 1986)

Coonties

• Chungsan-gun (증산군/甑山郡)
• Hoechang-gun (회창군/檜倉郡)
• Maengsan-gun (맹산군/孟山郡)
• Mundok-gun (문덕군/文德郡)
• Nyongwon-gun (녕원군/寧遠郡)
• Pukchang-gun (북창군/{北倉郡)
• P'yŏngwŏn-gun (평원군/平原郡)
• Sinyang-gun (신양군/新陽郡)
• Songchon-gun (성천군/成川郡)
• Sukchon-gun (숙천군/肅川郡)
• Taehung-gun (대흥군/大興郡)
• Taedong-gun (대동군/大同郡)
• Unsan-gun (은산군/殷山郡)
• Yangdok-gun (양덕군/陽德郡)

Destricts

• Chongnam-gu (청남구/清南區)
• Tukchang-jigu (득장지구/得場地區)
• Ungok-chigu (운곡지구/雲谷地區)

The belaw umwhile coonties o Pyongannam-do wur merged wi Namp'o in 2004, an are admeenistered as pairt o that ceety:

• Chollima-gun (천리마군/千里馬郡)
• Kangso-gun (강서군/江西郡)
• Ryonggang-gun (룡강군/龍岡郡)
• Taean-gun (대안군/大安郡)

In 2010 the follaein coonty wis mergit wi Namp'o:

• Onchon-gun (온천군/溫泉郡)

References

• 행정 구역 현황 (Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang;) Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean anerlie)
• [1] Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Administrative diveesions o North Korea Archived 2004-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (in simplified Chinese; uised as reference for Hanja)

See an aw

• Geography o North Korea