South Pyongan Province

Template:Infobox Korean Provinces South Pyongan Province (Phyeongannamto) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former P'yŏng'an 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'yŏng'an 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); 19 counties (Kun); and 3 districts (1 Ku and 2 Chigu).

Its administrative divisions are:

The below former counties of South Pyongan were merged with Nampo in 2004, and are administered as part of that city:

v t e Regions and administrative divisions of North Korea
Regions	Kwanbuk Kwannam Kwandong Ryongdong Ryongso Kyonggi Haeso Kwanso
Provinces	Chagang Kangwon North Hamgyong North Hwanghae North Pyongan Ryanggang South Hamgyong South Hwanghae South Pyongan
Direct-administered city	Pyongyang
Special cities	Kaesong Nampo Rason
Special administrative regions (abolished)	Kaesong Kumgang Sinuiju