Zenra-nan Prefecture

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Zenra-nan Prefecture
咸鏡北道
Prefecture of Korea
Zenra-nan Prefecture (August 15, 1945).png
CapitalKōshū
Today part ofSouth 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
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

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