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{{Short description|Province of North Korea}}
{{About|the [[provinces of North Korea|province]] of [[North Korea]]|the hypothetical province claimed by [[South Korea]]|Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces#North Pyeongan}}

{{Infobox settlement<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
| name                 = North Pyongan Province
| native_name          = {{nobold|평안북도}}
| native_name_lang     = ko
| settlement_type      = [[Provinces of North Korea|Province]]
| translit_lang1       = Korean
| translit_lang1_type  = [[Hangul|Chosŏn'gŭl]]
| translit_lang1_info  = {{lang|ko|평안북도}}
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hanja|Hancha]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|{{linktext|平|安|北|道}}}}
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[McCune–Reischauer]]
| translit_lang1_type3 = [[Revised Romanization of Korean|Revised Romanization]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = P'yŏng'anbuk-to
| translit_lang1_info3 = Pyeong-anbuk-do
| image_blank_emblem = 
| image_map          = [[File:North Pyongan NK.png|250px]]<br />[[File:North Pyongan Map 2020.png|250px]]
| map_caption        = Maps showing North Pyongan both with and without the [[Sinuiju Special Administrative Region]]
| coordinates        = {{Coord|40.1|124.4|region:KP|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|North Korea}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Korea|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kwansŏ]]
| seat_type          = [[Capital city|Capital]]
| seat               = [[Sinuiju|Sinŭiju]]
| parts_type         = [[List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea|Subdivisions]]
| parts_style        = <!-- list, coll (collapsed list), para (paragraph format) -->
| parts              = 3 [[list of cities in North Korea|cities]]; 22 counties
| leader_party       = [[Workers' Party of Korea|WPK]]
| leader_title       = Provincial Party Committee Chief Secretary
| leader_name        = [[Kim Cheol-sam]]<ref name=unikorea>{{Cite web|title=권력기구도 
|location=Seoul|publisher=Political and Military Analysis Division, Intelligence and Analysis Bureau; Ministry of Unification |date=June 2025|access-date=19 October 2025|url=https://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/pge/ps/ps.do?menuId=PO009}}</ref>
| leader_title2      = Provincial People's Committee Chairman
| leader_name2       = [[Choi Young-man]]
| area_total_km2     = 12,191
| area_rank          = 
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2,728,662
| population_as_of   = 2008
| population_rank    = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Time in North Korea|Pyongyang Time]]
| utc_offset         = +09:00
| blank_name_sec1    = Dialect
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Pyongan dialect|P'yŏngan]]
| website            = 
}}

'''North Pyongan Province''' (also spelled '''North P'yŏngan'''; {{korean|hangul=평안북도|mr=Phyŏnganbukto}}; {{IPA|ko|pʰjʌŋanbuk̚t͈o|IPA}}) is a western [[provinces of North Korea|province]] of [[North Korea]]. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former [[Pyongan Province|P'yŏng'an Province]], remained a province of [[Korea]] until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is [[Sinuiju|Sinŭiju]]. In 2002, [[Sinuiju Special Administrative Region|Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region]]—near the city of Sinuiju—was established as a separately governed Special Administrative Region.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

==Geography==
The [[Yalu River]] forms the northern border with [[China]]'s [[Liaoning]] province. The province is also bordered to the east by [[Chagang Province]] and to the south by [[South Pyong'an Province]]. The [[Sinuiju Special Administrative Region|Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region]] is located in the western corner of the province, and was created as an administrative entity separate from North Pyongan in 2002. North Pyongan is surrounded by water to the west with the [[Korea Bay]] and the [[Yellow Sea]].

==Administrative divisions==
North Pyongan is divided into 3 cities ([[List of cities in North Korea|''si'']]) and 22 counties ([[List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea|''kun'']]). Each entity is listed below in English, [[Hangul|Chosŏn'gŭl]], and [[Hanja|Hancha]].
{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="font-size:90%;"
!Name
![[Hangul|Chosŏn'gŭl]]
![[Hanja|Hancha]]
!Population<br>(2008)<ref>{{cite web|date=2009|title=DPR Korea 2008 Population Census: National Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514111837/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2011|access-date=25 November 2020|publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>
!Subdivisions
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| colspan="5" align=center|[[List of cities in North Korea|'''City''']]
|-
|[[Chongju]]
|정주시
|定州市
|align=right|189,742
|14 ''dong'', 18 ''ri''
|-
|[[Kusong]]
|구성시
|龜城市
|align=right|196,515
|25 ''dong'', 18 ''ri''
|-
|[[Sinuiju]] (capital)
|신의주시
|新義州市
|align=right|359,341
|49 ''dong'', 9 ''ri''
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| colspan="5" align=center|[[List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea|'''County''']]
|-
|[[Changsong County]]
|창성군
|昌城郡
|align=right|26,577
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 15 ''ri''
|-
|[[Cholsan County]]
|철산군
|鐵山郡
|align=right|85,525
|1 ''up'', 2 ''rodongjagu'', 25 ''ri''
|-
|[[Chonma County]]
|천마군
|天摩郡
|align=right|50,462
|1 ''up'', 20 ''ri''
|-
|[[Hyangsan County]]
|향산군
|香山郡
|align=right|52,350
|1 ''up'', 20 ''ri''
|-
|[[Kujang County]]
|구장군
|球場郡
|align=right|139,337
|1 ''up'', 5 ''rodongjagu'', 22 ''ri''
|-
|[[Kwaksan County]]
|곽산군
|郭山郡
|align=right|97,660
|1 ''up'', 19 ''ri''
|-
|[[Nyongbyon County]]
|녕변군
|寧邊郡
|align=right|113,852
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 26 ''ri''
|-
|[[Pakchon County]]
|박천군
|博川郡
|align=right|98,128
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 20 ''ri''
|-
|[[Pihyon County]]
|피현군
|枇峴郡
|align=right|110,637
|1 ''up'', 2 ''rodongjagu'', 21 ''ri''
|-
|[[Pyoktong County]]
|벽동군
|碧潼郡
|align=right|35,601
|1 ''up'', 19 ''ri''
|-
|[[Ryongchon County]]
|룡천군
|龍川郡
|align=right|135,634
|1 ''up'', 3 ''rodongjagu'', 19 ''ri''
|-
|[[Sakju County]]
|삭주군
|朔州郡
|align=right|159,707
|1 ''up'', 6 ''rodongjagu'', 18 ''ri''
|-
|[[Sindo County]]
|신도군
|薪島郡
|align=right|11,810
|1 ''up'', 2 ''rodongjagu'', 1 ''ri''
|-
|[[Sonchon County]]
|선천군
|宣川郡
|align=right|126,350
|1 ''up'', 24 ''ri''
|-
|[[Taechon County]]
|태천군
|泰川郡
|align=right|108,894
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 21 ''ri''
|-
|[[Taegwan County]]
|대관군
|大館郡
|align=right|69,565
|1 ''up'', 22 ''ri''
|-
|[[Tongchang County]]
|동창군
|東倉郡
|align=right|28,665
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 16 ''ri''
|-
|[[Tongrim County]]
|동림군
|東林郡
|align=right|104,614
|1 ''up'', 2 ''rodongjagu'', 20 ''ri''
|-
|[[Uiju County]]
|의주군
|義州郡
|align=right|110,018
|1 ''up'', 2 ''rodongjagu'', 17 ''ri''
|-
|[[Unjon County]]
|운전군
|雲田郡
|align=right|101,130
|1 ''up'', 25 ''ri''
|-
|[[Unsan County]]
|운산군
|雲山郡
|align=right|102,928
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 27 ''ri''
|-
|[[Yomju County]]
|염주군
|鹽州郡
|align=right|113,620
|1 ''up'', 1 ''rodongjagu'', 22 ''ri''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" widths="150" heights="120">
File:Heian-Hoku Provincial Office.JPG|North Pyongan Provincial Office during [[Japanese rule in Korea]], administering the Province as [[Heianhoku-dō]]
File:Postcard of Docho-Dori Street in Sinuiju (1930s).jpg|A street in Sinuiju when it was under Japanese control
File:Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustrations picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of (14580635387).jpg|A [[Korean Confucianism|Korean Confucianist]] temple with offerings in [[Sinuiju]], circa 1909
File:Aerial view of Downtown Sinuiju.jpg|An aerial view of downtown Sinuiju - North Pyongan's capital
File:North Korea - Coastguard in Sinuiju (6146710835).jpg|The North Korean Coastguard in Sinuiju
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Commons category|Pyonganbuk-to}}
{{Wiktionary|North Pyongan|North Phyongan}}
<references />{{portal|North Korea}}

{{Regions and administrative divisions of North Korea}}

{{Authority control}}

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