South P’yŏngan Province

South Pyongan Province is a province of . The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is .
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  • Type: State with 4,050,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Etelä-Pyongan”, “Heian”, “Heian South”, “Heian-nan”, “Heian-nando”, “Heian-nandō”, “Hpyen-an”, “Hpyeng an”, “KP-02”, “KP-PYN”, “Nam Pkhiön-an-do”, “Nam Pyongan”, “P’yŏng’an Południowy”, “P’yŏngan”, “P’yŏngan Nam”, “P’yongan-namdo”, “P’yŏngannam-do”, “P’yŏngnam”, “Pchenjan Namdo”, “Pheng-an”, “Pingngan”, “Provincia de P’yŏngan Sur”, “Pyeongan-namdo”, “Pyeongnam”, “Pyongan del Sur”, “Pyongan Tunong”, “Pyongan-namdo”, “Södra P’yongan”, “Sooth Pyongan”, “South Heian”, “South Heian Province”, “South Phyeng-an”, “South Pyong-an”, “South Pyongan”, “South Pyongan Province”, “Southern Phyeng-ān”, “Süd-P-hjöng-an”, “Süd-P’yongan”, “Süd-Pyeongan”, “Süd-Pyongan”, “Süd-Pyŏngan”, “Yuzhny Pkhiön-an-do”, “Пхенан-Намдо”, “Пхйонан-Намдо”, “Пхьонан-Намдо”, “Пхьонан-Південь”, “దక్షిణ ప్యోంగాన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”, and “평남”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Oedong station and Jiktong Youth Coal Mine.

Railway station
is a railway station in Oedong-ri…

Railway station
Chiktong T'an'gwang station is a railway station…

South P’yŏngan Province

Latitude
39.5417° or 39° 32′ 30″ north
Longitude
126.0648° or 126° 3′ 53″ east
Population
4,050,000
Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)
Open location code
8QF8G3R7+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3708224038
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1871952
Wiki­data ID
Q109380
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South P’yŏngan Province” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pyeong’an Seulatan”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ፒዮንጋን”
  • Arabic: “بيونغان الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بيونغان الجنوبية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Pyongan”
  • Balinese: “Pyongan Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Pyongan”
  • Belarusian: “Пхёнан-Намдо”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ পঙ্গান প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ পিয়ংগান প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ পিয়োংআন”
  • Bulgarian: “Южен Пхьонан”
  • Burmese: “ဖျောင်းအန်းတောင်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “P’yongan del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Pyongan del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “P’yŏngan-namdo”
  • Chinese: “平安南道”
  • Czech: “Jižní Pchjongan”
  • Czech: “Jižní Pchjŏngan”
  • Danish: “Sydpyongan”
  • Dutch: “P’yŏngan-namdo”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Pjongan”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-P’yŏngan”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Pyeongan”
  • French: “Pyongan du Sud”
  • German: “P’yŏngan-namdo”
  • German: “Süd-P’yŏngan”
  • German: “Südpyongan”
  • Greek: “Πιόνγαναμ-ντο”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ પ્યોંગન પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Nàm-tho”
  • Hausa: “South Pyongan”
  • Hebrew: “דרום פויאנג”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण प्योंगान प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Phjongan”
  • Indonesian: “Pyongan Selatan”
  • Italian: “P’yŏngan Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Sud Pyongan”
  • Japanese: “南平安道”
  • Japanese: “平安南道”
  • Javanese: “Pyongan Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಪಯೋಂಗ್ಗನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Пхеньян”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តព្យុងអានខាងត្បូង”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Пхеньян”
  • Korean: “P’yŏngan-namdo”
  • Korean: “평안남도”
  • Korean: “平南”
  • Korean: “平安南道”
  • Latvian: “Phjonannamdo province”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Pchenjano provincija”
  • Low German: “Süüd-Pyongan”
  • Malay: “Pyongan Selatan”
  • Malay: “South Pyongan Province”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Pyongan Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण प्योंगान प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Nàng-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Lâm-tō”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pyongan Lâm-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнө Пён-Ань”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Пёнань муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd P’yŏngan (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd P’yŏngan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Pyongan”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Pyongan”
  • Oromo: “South Pyongan”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਪਿਓਂਗਆਨ”
  • Persian: “استان پیونگان جنوبی”
  • Persian: “پیونگان جنوبی”
  • Polish: “P’yŏngan Południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Pyongan do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Pyongan Sul”
  • Pushto: “سوېل پيونګان”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Pyongan de Sud”
  • Russian: “Пхёнан-Намдо”
  • Scots: “Pyongannam-do”
  • Scots: “Sooth Pyongan Province”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni P’yŏngan”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ප්යෝන්ගන් පළාත”
  • Somali: “South Pyongan”
  • Spanish: “P’yŏngan del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Piongan Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de P’yŏngan del Sur”
  • Swahili: “South Pyongan”
  • Swedish: “Södra P’yŏngan”
  • Swedish: “Södra Pyongan”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Timog Pyongan”
  • Tajik: “Пхеньян-и Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு பியோன்கண் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Пхёнан провинциясе”
  • Tatar: “Түштәге Пхеньян”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ ప్యోంగాన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดพย็องอันใต้”
  • Thai: “มณฑลพยองอันใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Pyongan”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна провінція Пхьонан”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی پیونگان صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janub Pyongan”
  • Vietnamese: “Bình An Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Pyongan Nam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan Pyongan”
  • Welsh: “De Pyongan”
  • Welsh: “Talaith De Pyongan”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھلواں پیونگان”
  • Yue Chinese: “平安南道”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: 봉창리 and 외동리.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pukch’ang 18th penal-labor colony and Pukchang concetration camp.

North Korea: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Pyongyang and Baekdu Mountains.

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