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/; creatit in 2004)
 Pyongsong (평성시/; the provincial caipital, established December 1969)
 Anju (안주시/; established August 1987)
 Kaechon (개천시/; established August 1990)
 Sunchon-si (순천시/; established October 1983)
 Tokchon (덕천시/; established Juin 1986)

Coonties
 Chungsan-gun (증산군/)
 Hoechang-gun (회창군/)
 Maengsan-gun (맹산군/)
 Mundok-gun (문덕군/)
 Nyongwon-gun (녕원군/)
 Pukchang-gun (북창군/{)
 P'yŏngwŏn-gun (평원군/)
 Sinyang-gun (신양군/)
 Songchon-gun (성천군/)
 Sukchon-gun (숙천군/)
 Taehung-gun (대흥군/)
 Taedong-gun (대동군/)
 Unsan-gun (은산군/)
 Yangdok-gun (양덕군/)

Destricts
 Chongnam-gu (청남구/)
 Tukchang-jigu (득장지구/)
 Ungok-chigu (운곡지구/)

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/)
 Kangso-gun (강서군/)
 Ryonggang-gun (룡강군/)
 Taean-gun (대안군/)

In 2010 the follaein coonty wis mergit wi Namp'o:
 Onchon-gun (온천군/)

References
 행정 구역 현황 (Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang;)  (in Korean anerlie)

 Administrative diveesions o North Korea  (in simplified Chinese; uised as reference for Hanja)

See an aw
 Geography o North Korea


Category:Provinces o North Korea