Sooth Hwanghae Province

South Hwanghae Province 황해남도
Province
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	황해남도
• Hancha	黃海南道
• McCune-Reischauer	Hwanghaenam-do
• Revised Romanization	Hwanghaenam-do
Country	North Korea
Region	Haeso
Capital	Haeju
Subdivisions	1 cities; 19 counties
Govrenment
• Party Committee Chairman Ri Chol-man	Ri Chol-man (WPK)
• People's Committee Chairman	Kim Yong-chol
Area
• Total	8450 km2 (3,260 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,310,485
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)
Dialect	Hwanghae

Sooth Hwanghae (Hwanghaenam-do) is a province in wastren North Korea. The province wis formt in 1954 when the umwhile Hwanghae Province wis split intae North an Sooth Hwanghae. The provincial caipital is Haeju.

Geography

The province is pairt o the Haeso region, an is bundit on the wast bi the Yellow Sea, on the north an east bi Hwanghaebuk-do . There are some administrative exclaves o Namp'o Ceety in the north o the province.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Hwanghaenam-do is dividit intae 1 ceety (si) an 19 coonties (gun). These are further dividit intae veelages (ri) in rural auries an dong (neighborhuids) in ceeties, thit are detailed on each coonty’s individual page.

Ceeties

• Haeju (caipital)
  해주시/海州市

Coonties an ceety o Hwanghaenam-do

Coonties

• Anak Coonty
  안악군/安岳郡
• Chaeryong Coonty
  재령군/載寧郡
• Changyon Coonty
  장연군/長淵郡
• Chongdan Coonty
  청단군/青丹郡
• Kangryong Coonty
  강령군/康翎郡
• Kwail Coonty
  과일군/과일郡
• Ongjin Coonty
  옹진군/甕津郡
• Paechon Coonty
  배천군/白川郡
• Pongchon Coonty
  봉천군/峰泉郡
• Pyoksong Coonty
  벽성군/碧城郡
• Ryongyon Coonty
  룡연군/龍淵郡
• Samchon Coonty
  삼천군/三泉郡
• Sinchon Coonty
  신천군/信川郡
• Sinwon Coonty
  신원군/新院郡
• Songhwa Coonty
  송화군/松禾郡
• Taetan Coonty
  태탄군/苔灘郡
• Unryul Coonty
  은률군/殷栗郡
• Ŭnch'ŏn-gun
  은천군/銀泉郡
• Yonan-gun
  연안군/延安郡