Keishōhoku-dō
Keishōhoku-dō (慶尚北道, Keishōhoku Province, Keisho Hoku, or North Keishō Province) was a former province of Korea under Japanese rule, with its capital at Taikyū (contemporary Daegu, South Korea). 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 | |
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| Capital | Taikyū |
| History | |
| History | |
• Established | August 29, 1910 |
• Disestablished | August 15, 1945 |
| Today part of | South Korea Japan and North Korea (due to claim over Liancourt Rocks) |
Population
| 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
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Counties
Islands
- Utsuryō Island (울릉)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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