North Hwanghae

North Hwanghae Province is a province of . The province was formed in 1954 when the former was split into North and South Hwanghae.
  • Type: State with 2,110,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Bắc Hwanghae”, “Hvanhė Pukto”, “Hwangbuk”, “Hwanghae Barôh”, “Hwanghae-bukdo”, “Hwanghae-puk”, “KP-06”, “KP-HWB”, “North Hwanghae Province”, “Severni Hwanghae”, “Επαρχία Βόρειου Χουάγχε”, “Хванхе-Північ”, “Хванхе-Пукто”, “מחוז הוואנג-הה הצפוני”, “מחוז צפון הוואנג-הה”, “מחוז צפון הוונג-הה”, “ఉత్తర హ్వాంగే రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “황북”, and “ファンヘプクド”
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North Hwanghae

Latitude
38.571° or 38° 34′ 16″ north
Longitude
126.2466° or 126° 14′ 48″ east
Population
2,110,000
Elevation
307 metres (1,007 feet)
Open location code
8QC8H6CW+9J
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Hwanghae” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Hwanghae Utara”
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን ሕዋንጋይ”
  • Arabic: “هوانغهاي الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal Hwanghae”
  • Balinese: “Hwanghae Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Hwanghae”
  • Belarusian: “Хванхэ-Пукто”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর হোয়াংগে”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর হোয়াংঘে প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ হোয়াংঘে প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Хванхе”
  • Burmese: “ဟွမ်းဟယ်မြောက်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Hwanghae del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Hwanghae-bukto”
  • Chinese: “黃海北道”
  • Chinese: “黄海北道”
  • Czech: “Severní Hwanghä”
  • Czech: “Severní Hwanghe”
  • Danish: “Nordhwanghae”
  • Dutch: “Hwanghae-pukto”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Hŭanghae”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Hwanghae”
  • French: “Hwanghae du Nord”
  • German: “Hwanghae-pukto”
  • German: “Nordhwanghae”
  • Greek: “Χουάγχεμπουκ-ντο”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર હ્વાંગહે પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hwanghae Pet-tho”
  • Hausa: “North Hwanghae”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז צפון הואנג-הה”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी ह्वांगहे प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Hvanghe”
  • Indonesian: “Hwanghae Utara”
  • Italian: “Hwanghae Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Nord Hwanghae”
  • Japanese: “黄海北道”
  • Javanese: “Hwanghae Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಹ್ವಾಂಗ್ಹೆಯ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Хванғхэ”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Хвангхэ”
  • Korean: “황해북도”
  • Korean: “黃北”
  • Korean: “黃海北道”
  • Latvian: “Hvanhepukto province”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Hvanghės provincija”
  • Low German: “Noord-Hwanghae”
  • Malay: “Hwanghae Utara”
  • Malay: “North Hwanghae Province”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Hwanghae Utara”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर ह्वंग्हे प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hwanghae Báe̤k-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hwanghae Pak-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Умар Хуанхэ”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Хуанхэ муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Hwanghae (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Hwanghae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Hwanghae”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Hwanghae”
  • Oromo: “North Hwanghae”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਹਵਾਂਗਹੇ”
  • Persian: “استان هوانگهائه شمالی”
  • Persian: “استان هوانگهه شمالی”
  • Persian: “هوانگهه شمالی”
  • Polish: “Hwanghae Północne”
  • Portuguese: “Hwanghae do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Hwanghae Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمال هوانګهې”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Hwanghae de Nord”
  • Russian: “Хванхэ-Пукто”
  • Scots: “Hwanghaebuk-do”
  • Scots: “North Hwanghae Province”
  • Serbian: “Северни Хвангхе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Hwanghae”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු හ්වන්හේ පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Hwanghae-pukto”
  • Somali: “North Hwanghae”
  • Spanish: “Hwanghae del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Hwanghae Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hwanghae del Norte”
  • Swahili: “North Hwanghae”
  • Swedish: “Norra Hwanghae”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Hilagang Hwanghae”
  • Tajik: “Хванғхэ-и Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு வாஙஹயே மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Төнектәге Хвангхэ”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర హ్వాంగే ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮวังแฮเหนือ”
  • Thai: “ฮัมกย็องใต้”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Hwanghae”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна провінція Хванхе”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ہوانگہائے صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimol Hwanghae”
  • Vietnamese: “Hwanghae Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Hwanghae”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Hwanghae”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gogledd Hwanghae”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا ہوانگہے”
  • Yue Chinese: “黃海北道”

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