North Hwanghae Province

North Hwanghae (Hwanghaebuk-do) is a province o North Korea. The province wis formed in 1954 when the umwhile Hwanghae Province wis split intae North an Sooth Hwanghae. The provincial caipital is Sariwon. The province is bordered bi Pyongyang an Sooth Pyongan tae the north, Kangwon tae the east, Kaesong Industrial Region tae the sooth, an Hwanghaenam-do soothwast. In 2003, Kaesong Directly Govrened Ceety (Kaesong Chikhalsi) became pairt o North Hwanghae.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Hwanghaebuk-do is dividit intae 3 ceeties ("si") an 19 coonties ("kun"). Three o these coonties (Chunghwa, Kangnam, an Sangwon) were addit tae the province in 2010 efter being split frae Pyongyang.

Ceeties

• Sariwon (caipital)
  사리원시/沙里院市
• Kaesong
  개성시/開城市
• Songrim
  송림시/松林市

Special Admeenistrative Regions

• Kaesong Industrial Region
  개성공업지구/開城工業地區

Coonties

Changpung Coonty 장풍군/長豊郡 Chunghwa Coonty 중화군/中和郡 Hwangju Coonty 황주군/黃州郡 Kaepung Coonty 개풍군/開豊郡 Kangnam Coonty 강남군/江南郡

Koksan Coonty 곡산군/谷山郡 Kumchon Coonty 금천군/金川郡 Pongsan Coonty 봉산군/鳳山郡 Pyongsan Coonty 평산군/平山郡 Rinsan Coonty 린산군/麟山郡

Sangwon Coonty 상원군/祥原郡 Singye Coonty 신계군/新溪郡 Sinpyong Coonty 신평군/新坪郡 Sohung Coonty 서흥군/瑞興郡 Suan Coonty 수안군/遂安郡

Tosan Coonty (토산군/兎山郡 Unpa Coonty 은파군/銀波郡 Yonsan Coonty 연산군/延山郡 Yontan Coonty 연탄군/燕灘郡

Cultur

Historic landmarks

Hwanghaebuk-do is full o mony historical relics as the steid o the Koryo-dynasty caipital at Kaesong, a depository for mony famous historic relics. The province is an aw hame tae the tombs o mony o the Koryo monarchus, the maist famous being the tombs o kings Taejo an Kongmin, though others are spread throughoot Kaesong an Kaepung county. Kaesong an aw hooses the Koguryo-era Taehungsan Fortress, built tae protect the kinrick's caipital at Pyongyang an enclosin the famous Kwanum Temple. Nearbi tae Sariwin is the famous Jongbangsan Fortress, anither Koguryo satellite for the defense o Pyongyang. This fortress encompasses the 9t-century Songbulsa Buddhist temple, ane o the auldest an maist picturesque in the kintra.

Freemit airtins

• 행정 구역 현황 (Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang) Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean only)
• http://nk.joins.com/map/i223.htm
• http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200605/news05/11.htm Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine