Chūseihoku-dō

Chūseihoku-dō (忠清北道, Chūseihoku Province, Chusei Hoku, or North Chūsei Province) is a former Korean province, one of the administrative divisions of Korea under Japanese rule,[1] with its capital at Seishū (contemporary Cheongju, South Korea). The prefecture consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Chungcheong.

Chūseihoku-dō
忠清北道
Former province of Korea

CapitalSeishū
History
Today part ofSouth Korea
Chūsei-hoku Provincial Office

Population

YearPopulation
1925839,422
1930890,877
1940935,111
1944970,623

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 907,055 people
    • Japanese: 8,598 people
    • Koreans: 897,736 people
    • Other: 721 people

Administrative divisions

The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:

Counties

  • Seishū (淸州) - (capital): Cheongju (청주).
  • Hōon (報恩): Boeun (보은).
  • Yokusen (沃川): Okcheon (옥천).
  • Eidō (永同): Yeongdong (영동).
  • Chinsen (鎭川): Jincheon (진천).
  • Kaizan (槐山): Goesan (괴산).
  • Injō (陰城): Eumseong (음성).
  • Chūshū (忠州): Chungju (충주).
  • Teisen (堤川): Jecheon (제천).
  • Tan'yō (丹陽): Danyang (단양).

Provincial governors

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

NationalityNameName in kanji/hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
JapaneseSuzuki Takashi鈴木 隆October 1, 1910March 28, 1916Provincial minister
KoreanYoo Hyeok-no柳赫魯March 28, 1916June 13, 1917Provincial minister
KoreanJang Heon-sik張憲植June 13, 1917February 12, 1921Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseYoneda Jintarō米田 甚太郎February 12, 1921February 24, 1923
KoreanPark Jung-yang朴重陽February 24, 1923March 31, 1925
KoreanKim Yoon-jeong金潤晶March 31, 1925August 14, 1926
KoreanHan Kyu-bok韓圭復August 14, 1926November 28, 1929
KoreanHong Seung-gyun洪承均November 28, 1929September 23, 1931
KoreanNam Gung-yeong南宮營September 23, 1931April 1, 1935
KoreanKim Dong-hun金東勳April 1, 1935April 26, 1939
KoreanYoo Man-gyeom兪萬兼April 26, 1939September 2, 1940
KoreanItō Yasuakira伊藤 泰彬September 2, 1940October 23, 1942Had been forced to change name from Yoon Tae-bin (尹泰彬)
KoreanHiramatsu Shōkon平松 昌根October 23, 1942August 17, 1944Had been forced to change name from Lee Chang-geun (李昌根)
KoreanMasunaga Hiroshi増永 弘August 17, 1944June 16, 1945Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘)
KoreanJeong Kyo-won鄭僑源June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Term ended with Korean independence

See also

References

  1. "Korea maps". drben.net. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.
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