Kōkai Province
黃海道
Former province of Korea

CapitalKaishū
History 
 Established
August 29, 1910
 Disestablished
August 15, 1945
Today part ofNorth Korea

Kōkai-dō (黃海道, Kōkai Province) was an administrative division of Korea under Japanese rule, with its capital at Kaishū (now Haeju, North Korea). The province consisted of what is now the Hwanghae Province of North Korea.

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 1,639,250 people
    • Japanese: 20,582 people
    • Koreans: 1,614,738 people
    • Other: 3,970 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

  • Kaishū (海州) - (capital): Haeju (해주).

Counties

See also

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