Keishōhoku-dō
慶尚北道
Former province of Korea

CapitalTaikyū
History 
 Established
August 29, 1910
 Disestablished
August 15, 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea
Japan and North Korea (due to claim over Liancourt Rocks)

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.

Population

YearPopulation
19252,293,285
19302,373,856
19402,428,177
19442,561,251

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:

Cities

Emblem of Taikyū

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
KoreanLee Jin-ho李軫鎬October 1, 1910March 28, 1916Provincial minister
JapaneseSuzuki Takashi鈴木 隆March 28, 1916September 26, 1919Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseFujikawa Rizaburō藤川 利三郎September 26, 1919February 24, 1923
JapaneseSawada Toyotake沢田 豊丈February 24, 1923May 12, 1926
JapaneseSudō Moto須藤 基May 12, 1926January 21, 1929
JapaneseImamura Masami今村 正美January 21, 1929December 11, 1929
JapaneseHayashi Shigeki林 茂樹December 11, 1929September 23, 1931
KoreanKim Seo-kyu金瑞圭September 23, 1931April 1, 1935
JapaneseOkazaki Tetsurō岡崎 哲郎April 1, 1935May 21, 1936
JapaneseDate Yotsuo伊達 四雄May 21, 1936September 5, 1936
JapaneseKōtaki Motoi上滝 基September 5, 1936January 24, 1941
JapaneseTakahashi Satoshi高橋 敏January 24, 1941November 19, 1941
JapaneseTakao Jinzō高尾 甚造November 19, 1941September 30, 1943
KoreanTakenaga Kazuki武永 憲樹September 30, 1943August 17, 1944Had been change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮)
KoreanLee Chang-geun李昌根August 17, 1944June 16, 1945
KoreanKim Dae-woo金大羽June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Korean independence and Japanese surrender

See also

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