North Pyongan Province (
Phyonganbukto) is a
province of
North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former
P'yong'an Province, remained a province of
Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is
Sinuiju. In 2002,
Sinuiju Special Administrative Region—near the city of Sinuiju—was established as a separately governed Special Administrative Region.