Hwanghae

Hwanghae Province was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was .
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Sariwŏn is a city in . It is the capital and largest city of North Hwanghae Province.

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is a city located in near Bay in . It is the administrative centre of South Hwanghae Province. As of 2008, the population of the city is estimated to be 273,300.

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country is a town in South Hwanghae province.

Hwanghae

Latitude of center
38.13° or 38° 7′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
125.65° or 125° 39′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q698214
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Hwanghae” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوانغهاي”
  • Belarusian: “Хванхэ”
  • Catalan: “Hwanghae”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ھوانگھێی”
  • Chinese: “Hwanghae Tō”
  • Chinese: “黃海道”
  • Chinese: “黄海道”
  • Czech: “Hwanghä”
  • Dutch: “Hwanghae”
  • French: “Hwanghae”
  • German: “Hwanghae-do”
  • German: “Hwanghae”
  • German: “Kokaido”
  • German: “Kōkaidō”
  • Hebrew: “הואנג-הה”
  • Hebrew: “הוואנג-הה”
  • Hebrew: “הוונג-הה”
  • Hungarian: “Hvanghe”
  • Indonesian: “Hwanghae”
  • Italian: “Hwanghae”
  • Japanese: “黄海道”
  • Korean: “해서 지방”
  • Korean: “황해도”
  • Korean: “黃海道”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Hwanghae”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hwanghae Tō”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hwanghae”
  • Norwegian: “Hwanghae”
  • Persian: “استان هوانگهه”
  • Polish: “Hwanghe”
  • Russian: “Хванхэдо”
  • Slovenian: “Hwanghae”
  • Spanish: “Haeso”
  • Spanish: “Hwanghae”
  • Turkish: “Hwanghae”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Хванхе”
  • Ukrainian: “Хванхедо”
  • Urdu: “ہوانگہائے”
  • Vietnamese: “Haeso”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng Hải đạo”
  • Vietnamese: “Hwanghae”

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