South Hwanghae

South Hwanghae Province is a province in western . The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is .
Wikipedia
  • Type: State with 2,310,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Hvanhė Namdo”, “Hwanghae Tunong”, “Hwanghae-nam”, “Hwangnam”, “KP-05”, “KP-HWN”, “Nam Hwanghae”, “South Hwanghae Province”, “Süd-Hwanghae”, “Syd-Hwanghae”, “Tỉnh Nam Hwanghae”, “Επαρχία Νότιου Χουάνγκχε”, “Хванхе-Намдо”, “Хванхе-Південь”, “דרום חוואנגחאייה”, “מחוז דרום הוואנג-הה”, “מחוז דרום הוונג-הה”, “מחוז הוואנג-הה הדרומי”, “దక్షిణ హవాంగే రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “황남”, and “ファンヘナムド”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sinchon.

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South Hwanghae

Latitude
38.2628° or 38° 15′ 46″ north
Longitude
125.4769° or 125° 28′ 37″ east
Population
2,310,000
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
Open location code
8QC77F7G+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1903366790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1876884
Wiki­data ID
Q626052
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Hwanghae” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Huanghé Tunong”
  • Achinese: “Hwanghae Seulatan”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ሕዋንጋይ”
  • Arabic: “جنوب مقاطعة هوانغاي”
  • Arabic: “هوانغهاي الجنوبية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Hwanghae”
  • Balinese: “Hwanghae Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Hwanghae”
  • Belarusian: “Хванхэ-Намдо”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ হোয়াংগে”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ হোয়াংঘে প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিন হয়াংহে প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Южен Хванхе”
  • Burmese: “ဟွမ်းဟယ်တောင်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Hwanghae del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Hwanghae-namdo”
  • Chinese: “黃海南道”
  • Chinese: “黄海南道”
  • Czech: “Jižní Hwanghä”
  • Czech: “Jižní Hwanghe”
  • Danish: “Sydhwanghae”
  • Dutch: “Hwanghae-namdo”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Hŭanghae”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Hwanghae”
  • French: “Hwanghae du Sud”
  • German: “Hwanghae-namdo”
  • German: “Südhwanghae”
  • Greek: “Χουάγχεναμ-ντο”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ હવાંઘાઈ પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hwanghae Nàm-tho”
  • Hausa: “South Hwanghae”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז דרום הואנג-הה”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण ह्वांगे प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Hvanghe”
  • Indonesian: “Hwanghae Selatan”
  • Italian: “Hwanghae Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Sud Hwanghae”
  • Japanese: “黄海南道”
  • Javanese: “Hwanghae Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಹಂಗ್ಹೇ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Хванғхэ”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Хвангхэ”
  • Korean: “황해남도”
  • Korean: “黃南”
  • Korean: “黃海南道”
  • Latvian: “Hvanhenamdo province”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Hvanghės provincija”
  • Low German: “Süüd-Hwanghae”
  • Malay: “Daerah Selatan Hwanghae”
  • Malay: “Hwanghae Selatan”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Hwanghae Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण व्हानघाई प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hwanghae Nàng-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hwanghae Lâm-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнө Хуанхэ”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Хуанхэ муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd Hwanghae (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd Hwanghae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Hwanghae”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Hwanghae”
  • Oromo: “South Hwanghae”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਹਵਾਂਗਹੇ”
  • Persian: “استان هوانگهائه جنوبی”
  • Persian: “استان هوانگهه جنوبی”
  • Persian: “هوانگهه جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Hwanghae Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “Hwanghae do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Hwanghae Sul”
  • Pushto: “سوېل هوانګهې”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Hwanghae de Sud”
  • Russian: “Хванхэ-Намдо”
  • Scots: “Hwanghaenam-do”
  • Scots: “Sooth Hwanghae Province”
  • Serbian: “Јужни Хвангхе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Hwanghae”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු හ්වන්ග්හයි පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Hwanghae”
  • Somali: “South Hwanghae”
  • Spanish: “Hwanghae del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Hwanghae Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hwanghae del Sur”
  • Swahili: “South Hwanghae”
  • Swedish: “Södra Hwanghae”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Timog Hwanghae”
  • Tajik: “Хванғхэ-и Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு வாஙகவே மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Хванхэ провинциясе”
  • Tatar: “Түштәге Хвангхэ”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ హవాంగే ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮวังแฮใต้ เกาหลีเหนือ”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮวังแฮใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Hwanghae”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна провінція Хванхе”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ہوانگہائے صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janub Hwanghae”
  • Vietnamese: “Hwanghae Nam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Hwanghae”
  • Welsh: “De Hwanghae”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھلواں ہوانگہے”
  • Yue Chinese: “黃海南道”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: 근로자리 and Seokgyo-ri.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hwanghaeryongmun and Shincheon.

North Korea: Must-Visit Destinations

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