North Pyongan Province

North Pyongan Province is a western province of . The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former P'yŏng'an Province, remained a province of until 1945, then became a province of North Korea.
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  • Type: State with 2,730,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Bắc Pyongan”, “Heian”, “Heian North”, “Heian-hoku”, “Heian-hokudo”, “Heian-hokudō”, “Hpyen-an”, “Hpyeng an”, “KP-03”, “KP-PYB”, “Nord-P-hjöng-an”, “Nord-P’yongan”, “Nord-Pyeongan”, “Nord-Pyŏngan”, “Nordre P’yongan”, “Norra P’yongan”, “North Heian Province”, “North P’yŏngan Province”, “North Pong-an”, “North Pyongan”, “Northern Phyeng-ān”, “P’ongan-pukto”, “P’yŏng’an Północny”, “P’yŏngan”, “P’yŏngan Bắc”, “P’yongan-pukdo”, “P’yŏngan-pukdo”, “P’yongan-pukto”, “P’yŏngbuk”, “Pchenjan Pukto”, “Phyengan”, “Phyongan du Nord”, “Phyŏnganbukto”, “Pingngan”, “Puk Pkhiön-an-do”, “Pyeongan-bukdo”, “Pyeongbuk”, “Pyongan Barôh”, “Pyongan del Norte”, “Pyongan-pukto”, “Severny Pkhiön-an-do”, “Tỉnh Bắc Pyongan”, “Пхенан-Пукто”, “Пхьонан-Північ”, “Пхьонан-Пукто”, “ఉత్తర పయోన్యన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”, and “평북”
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North Pyongan Province

Latitude
40.0643° or 40° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
125.2356° or 125° 14′ 8″ east
Population
2,730,000
Elevation
499 metres (1,637 feet)
Open location code
8QG7367P+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3708224050
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1871954
Wiki­data ID
Q109348
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Pyongan Province” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pyeong’an Utara”
  • Arabic: “بيونغان الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Pxenyan”
  • Balinese: “Pyongan Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Pyongan”
  • Belarusian: “Пхёнан-Пукто”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর পিয়ংগান প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ পিয়ংগান প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Пхьонан”
  • Burmese: “ဖျောင်းအန်းမြောက်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “P’yŏngan del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Pyongan del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “P’yŏngan-bukto”
  • Chinese: “平安北道”
  • Czech: “Severní Pchjongan”
  • Czech: “Severní Pchjŏngan”
  • Danish: “Nordpyongan”
  • Dutch: “P’yŏngan-pukto”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Pjongan”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-P’yŏngan”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Pyeongan”
  • French: “Pyongan du Nord”
  • German: “Nord-P’yŏngan”
  • German: “P’yŏngan-pukto”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Βόρειου Πιόνγαν”
  • Greek: “Πιόνγανμπουκ-ντο”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર પ્યોંગન પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Pet-tho”
  • Hebrew: “צפון פויאנג”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी प्योंगन प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Phjongan”
  • Indonesian: “P’yŏngan Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Pyongan Utara”
  • Italian: “Nord Pyongan”
  • Italian: “P’yŏngan Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “平安北道”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಪಯೋನ್ಗಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តព្យុងអានខាងជើង”
  • Korean: “P’yŏngan-bukto”
  • Korean: “P’yŏngan-pukto”
  • Korean: “평안북도”
  • Korean: “平北”
  • Korean: “平安北道”
  • Latvian: “Phjonanpukto province”
  • Literary Chinese: “平安北道”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Pchenjano provincija”
  • Low German: “Noord-Pyongan”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Pyongan Utara”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर प्योंगान प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Báe̤k-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “P’yŏng’an Pak-tō”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pyongan Pak-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Умар Пён-Ань”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Пёнань муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd P’yŏngan (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd P’yŏngan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Pyongan”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Pyongan”
  • Persian: “استان پیونگان شمالی”
  • Polish: “P’yŏngan Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Pyongan do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Pyongan Norte”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Pyongan de Nord”
  • Russian: “Пхёнан-Пукто”
  • Scots: “North Pyongan Province”
  • Scots: “Pyonganbuk-do”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni P’yŏngan”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ප්යෝන්ගන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Pjongjang”
  • Spanish: “P’yŏngan del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de P’yŏngan del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Norra P’yŏngan”
  • Swedish: “Norra Pyongan”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Hilagang Pyongan”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு பியொண்கண் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర పయోన్యన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดพย็องอันเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Pyongan”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна провінція Пхьонан”
  • Urdu: “شمالی پیونگان صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bình An Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Pyongan Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan Pyongan”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Pyongan”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gogledd Pyongan”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا پیونگان”
  • Wu Chinese: “平安北道”
  • Yue Chinese: “平安北道”

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