Heian'nan Prefecture

Heian'nan-dō
平安南道
Heian'nan-dō 平安南道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan
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Capital	Heijō
History
• Established	29 August 1910
• Disestablished	15 August 1945
Today part of	North Korea

Heian'nan-dō (平安南道, Korean: 평안남도), alternatively Heian'nan Province or South Heian Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Heijō. The province consisted of modern-day South Pyongan, North Korea.

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

Overall population: 1,434,540 people
- Japanese: 39,094 people
- Koreans: 1,390,298 people
- Other: 5,148 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

Emblem of Heijō

Emblem of Chin'nanpo

Heijō (capital)
Chin'nanpo

Counties

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.

Nationality	Name	Name in kanji/hanja	Start of tenure	End of tenure	Notes
Japanese	Matsunaga Takekichi	松永武吉	October 1, 1910	March 28, 1916	Provincial minister
Japanese	Kudō Eiichi	工藤英一	March 28, 1916	September 26, 1919	Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese	Shinoda Jisaku	篠田治策	September 26, 1919	February 24, 1923
Japanese	Yoneda Jintarō	米田甚太郎	February 24, 1923	March 8, 1926
Japanese	Aoki Kaizō	青木戒三	March 8, 1926	January 21, 1929
Japanese	Sonoda Kan	園田寛	January 21, 1929	September 23, 1931
Japanese	Fujiwara Kizō	藤原喜蔵	September 23, 1931	April 1, 1935
Japanese	Yasutake Tadao	安武直夫	April 1, 1935	May 21, 1936
Japanese	Kamiuchi Hikosaku	上内彦策	May 21, 1936	August 18, 1938
Japanese	Ishida Sentarō	石田千太郎	August 18, 1938	November 19, 1941
Japanese	Taka Yasuhiko	高安彦	November 19, 1941	June 2, 1942
Japanese	Shimoiizaka Hajime	下飯坂元	June 2, 1942	September 20, 1944
Japanese	Isaka Keiichirō	柳生繁雄	September 20, 1944	May 20, 1945
Japanese	Furukawa Kanehide	古川兼秀	June 16, 1945	August 15, 1945	Korean independence