Zenra-nan Prefecture
Zenra-nan Prefecture 咸鏡北道 | |
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Prefecture of Korea | |
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Capital | Kōshū |
Today part of | South Korea |
Zenra-nan Prefecture (全羅南道, Zenra-nan-dō) was one of the administrative divisions of Korea during Japanese rule, with its capital at Kōshū. The prefecture consisted of modern-day South Jeolla, South Korea, as well as Jeju Island, which separated from South Jeolla and became a province in 1946, one year after the National Liberation of Korea.
Population[]
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
- Overall population: 2,416,341 people
- Japanese: 44,154 people
- Koreans: 2,370,853 people
- Other: 1,334 people
Administrative divisions[]
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Cities[]
Counties[]
Islands[]
Provincial governors[]
The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.
Nationality | Name | Name in hanja | Start of tenure | End of tenure | Notes |
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Japanese | Nose Tatsugorō | 能勢 辰五郎 | October 1, 1910 | May 15, 1911 | Provincial minister, died in office |
Japanese | Kudō Eiichi | 工藤 英一 | May 24, 1911 | March 28, 1916 | Provincial minister |
Japanese | Miyagi Matashichi | 宮木 又七 | March 28, 1916 | September 26, 1919 | Provincial minister before August 1919 |
Japanese | Isumi Nakazō | 亥角 仲蔵 | Example | August 5, 1921 | |
Korean | Won Eung-sang | 元應常 | August 5, 1921 | December 1, 1924 | |
Korean | Jang Heon-sik | 張憲植 | December 1, 1924 | August 14, 1926 | |
Korean | Seok Jin-hyeong | 石鎭衡 | August 14, 1926 | January 19, 1929 | |
Korean | Kim Seo-kyu | 金瑞圭 | January 19, 1929 | December 11, 1929 | |
Japanese | Umano Seiichi | 馬野 精一 | December 11, 1929 | September 23, 1931 | |
Japanese | Yajima Uzazō | 矢島 杉造 | September 23, 1931 | February 20, 1935 | |
Japanese | Kondō Tsunetaka | 近藤 常尚 | February 20, 1935 | June 29, 1936 | Died in office |
Japanese | Matsumoto Iori | 松本 伊織 | July 6, 1936 | July 3, 1937 | |
Japanese | Shingai Hajime | 新貝 肇 | July 3, 1937 | September 2, 1940 | |
Korean | Takenaga Kazuki | 武永 憲樹 | September 2, 1940 | September 30, 1943 | Had been forced to change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮) |
Japanese | Hyōdō Masaru | 兵頭 儁 | September 30, 1943 | May 20, 1945 | |
Japanese | Yagi Nobuo | 八木 信雄 | May 20, 1945 | August 15, 1945 | Korean independence |
See also[]
- Provinces of Korea
- Governor-General of Korea
- Administrative divisions of Korea
Categories:
- Korea under Japanese rule
- Former prefectures of Japan in Korea