North Pyongan Province (also spelled North P'yŏngan; ; ) is a western

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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former P'yŏng'an Province, remained a province of

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until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is

Sinŭiju Sinŭiju (; ) is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North P'yŏngan province. Part of the city is included in the Sinŭiju Special Administrative Re ...

. In 2002,

Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region Sinuiju Special Administrative Region () was a planned Special cities of North Korea, special administrative region (SAR) of North Korea based in the city of Sinuiju. Proclaimed in 2002, the SAR was envisioned to be directly governed as in the ...

—near the city of Sinuiju—was established as a separately governed Special Administrative Region.

Geography

The

Yalu River The Yalu River () or Amnok River () is a river on the border between China and North Korea. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between China and North Korea. Its valle ...

forms the northern border with

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Liaoning ) , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = Clockwise: Mukden Palace in Shenyang, Xinghai Square in Dalian, Dalian coast, Yalu River at Dandong , image_map = Liaoning in China (+all claims hatched).svg , ...

province. The province is also bordered to the east by

Chagang Province Chagang Province (; ) is a province of North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was formed ...

and to the south by

South Pyong'an Province South Pyongan Province (; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is Pyong ...

. The

is located in the western corner of the province, and was created as an administrative entity separate from North Pyongan in 2002. North Pyongan is surrounded by water to the west with the

Korea Bay Korea(n) Bay, sometimes West Korea(n) Bay (; ; or ), is a bight and the northern extension of the Yellow Sea, between the southeastern coastline of China's Liaoning Province and the western coastline of North Korea's North Pyongan, South P ...

and the

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Administrative divisions

North Pyongan is divided into 3 cities ( ''si'') and 22 counties ( ''kun''). Each entity is listed below in English,

Chosŏn'gŭl The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

, and

Hancha Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

Gallery

File:Heian-Hoku Provincial Office.JPG, North Pyongan Provincial Office during

Japanese rule in Korea From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...

, administering the Province as Heianhoku-dō File:Postcard of Docho-Dori Street in Sinuiju (1930s).jpg, A street in Sinuiju when it was under Japanese control File:Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustrations picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of (14580635387).jpg, A Korean Confucianist temple with offerings in

Sinuiju Sinŭiju (; ) is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North Pyongan Province, North P'yŏngan province. Part of the city is included in the Sinuiju Spe ...

, circa 1909 File:Aerial view of Downtown Sinuiju.jpg, An aerial view of downtown Sinuiju - North Pyongan's capital File:North Korea - Coastguard in Sinuiju (6146710835).jpg, The North Korean Coastguard in Sinuiju

References

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