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Hwanghae

Hwanghae Province (Korean: Hwanghae-do (Hangul: 황해도; Hanja: 黃海道)) was one of the former Eight Provinces of Joseon Dynasty Korea. Hwanghae continued as a single province through the Japanese Colonial Period. The province straddled the 38th parallel between the Soviet and American zones of occupation after the division of Korea in 1945, and was divided between North and South Korea upon those countries' independence in 1948. At the end of the Korean War in 1953, all of Hwanghae Province became part of North Korea, and in 1954, the province was divided into the modern-day North Korean provinces of North and South Hwanghae.

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