Zenranan-dō

Zenranan-dō (全羅南道, Zenranan Province or South Zenra Province) was one of the administrative divisions of Korea under Japanese rule, with its capital at Kōshū. The province consisted of modern-day South Jeolla, South Korea, as well as Jeju Island.

Zenranan-dō
全羅南道
Former province of Korea

CapitalKōshū
History
History 
 Established
August 29, 1910
 Disestablished
August 15, 1945
Today part ofSouth 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

Emblem of Moppo
Emblem of Kōshū

Counties

Islands

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
JapaneseNose Tatsugorō能勢 辰五郎October 1, 1910May 15, 1911Provincial minister, died in office
JapaneseKudō Eiichi工藤 英一May 24, 1911March 28, 1916Provincial minister
JapaneseMiyagi Matashichi宮木 又七March 28, 1916September 26, 1919Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseIsumi Nakazō亥角 仲蔵ExampleAugust 5, 1921
KoreanWon Eung-sang元應常August 5, 1921December 1, 1924
KoreanJang Heon-sik張憲植December 1, 1924August 14, 1926
KoreanSeok Jin-hyeong石鎭衡August 14, 1926January 19, 1929
KoreanKim Seo-kyu金瑞圭January 19, 1929December 11, 1929
JapaneseUmano Seiichi馬野 精一December 11, 1929September 23, 1931
JapaneseYajima Uzazō矢島 杉造September 23, 1931February 20, 1935
JapaneseKondō Tsunetaka近藤 常尚February 20, 1935June 29, 1936Died in office
JapaneseMatsumoto Iori松本 伊織July 6, 1936July 3, 1937
JapaneseShingai Hajime新貝 肇July 3, 1937September 2, 1940
KoreanTakenaga Kazuki武永 憲樹September 2, 1940September 30, 1943Had been forced to change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮)
JapaneseHyōdō Masaru兵頭 儁September 30, 1943May 20, 1945
JapaneseYagi Nobuo八木 信雄May 20, 1945August 15, 1945Korean independence

See also

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