South Pyongan Province

South Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안남도; MR: Phyŏngannamdo; IPA: [pʰjʌŋanːamdo]) is a province of North Korea.

The province is bordered by North Pyongan and Chagang Provinces to the north, South Hamgyong and Kangwon Provinces to the east and southeast and North Hwanghae Province and Pyongyang to the south.

The Yellow Sea and Korea Bay are located to the west.

South P'yŏngan is divided into 1 special city (tŭkpyŏlsi); 5 cities (si); 16 counties (kun); and 3 districts (1 ku and 2 chigu).

Its administrative divisions are: The below former counties of South Pyongan were merged with Nampo in 2004 and are administered as part of that city: In 2010 the following county was merged with Nampo:[3]

A typical settlement along the main road in South Pyongan Province near Pyongsong .