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Keishōhoku-dō (慶尚北道, Korean: 경상북도), alternatively Keishōhoku Province, Keisho Hoku, or North Keishō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Taikyū (Daegu). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Gyeongsang and Daegu Metropolitan City.
| Keishōhoku-dō 慶尚北道 | |
|---|---|
| Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan | |
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| Capital | Taikyū |
| History | |
• Established | 29 August 1910 |
• Disestablished | 15 August 1945 |
| Today part of | South Korea Japan and North Korea (due to claim over Liancourt Rocks) |
Population
edit| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1925 | 2,293,285 |
| 1930 | 2,373,856 |
| 1940 | 2,428,177 |
| 1944 | 2,561,251 |
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
- Overall population: 2,454,275 people
- Japanese: 49,887 people
- Koreans: 2,402,970 people
- Other: 1,418 people
Administrative divisions
editThe following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Cities
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- Taikyū (大邱) - (capital): Daegu (대구). present Daegu Metropolitan City.
Counties
editIslands
edit- Utsuryō Island (울릉)
Provincial governors
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean | Lee Jin-ho | 李軫鎬 | October 1, 1910 | March 28, 1916 | Provincial minister |
| Japanese | Suzuki Takashi | 鈴木 隆 | March 28, 1916 | September 26, 1919 | Provincial minister before August 1919 |
| Japanese | Fujikawa Rizaburō | 藤川 利三郎 | September 26, 1919 | February 24, 1923 | |
| Japanese | Sawada Toyotake | 沢田 豊丈 | February 24, 1923 | May 12, 1926 | |
| Japanese | Sudō Moto | 須藤 基 | May 12, 1926 | January 21, 1929 | |
| Japanese | Imamura Masami | 今村 正美 | January 21, 1929 | December 11, 1929 | |
| Japanese | Hayashi Shigeki | 林 茂樹 | December 11, 1929 | September 23, 1931 | |
| Korean | Kim Seo-kyu | 金瑞圭 | September 23, 1931 | April 1, 1935 | |
| Japanese | Okazaki Tetsurō | 岡崎 哲郎 | April 1, 1935 | May 21, 1936 | |
| Japanese | Date Yotsuo | 伊達 四雄 | May 21, 1936 | September 5, 1936 | |
| Japanese | Kōtaki Motoi | 上滝 基 | September 5, 1936 | January 24, 1941 | |
| Japanese | Takahashi Satoshi | 高橋 敏 | January 24, 1941 | November 19, 1941 | |
| Japanese | Takao Jinzō | 高尾 甚造 | November 19, 1941 | September 30, 1943 | |
| Korean | Takenaga Kazuki | 武永 憲樹 | September 30, 1943 | August 17, 1944 | Had been change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮) |
| Korean | Lee Chang-geun | 李昌根 | August 17, 1944 | June 16, 1945 | ろ |
| Korean | Kim Dae-woo | 金大羽 | June 16, 1945 | August 15, 1945 | Korean independence and Japanese surrender |
See also
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