Keishōnan-dō
慶尚南道
Former province of Korea

CapitalFuzan
History 
 Established
August 29, 1910
 Disestablished
August 15, 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea
Keishō-nan Provincial Office

Keishōnan-dō (慶尚南道, Keishōnan Province or South Keishō Province) was one of the administrative divisions of Korea under Japanese rule, with its capital at Fuzan (present-day Busan). The province consisted of modern-day South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

Population

YearPopulation
19251,938,001
19302,045,113
19402,147,602
19442,318,146

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 2,214,406 people
    • Japanese: 96,926 people
    • Koreans: 2,115,553 people
    • Other: 1,927 people

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

Emblem of Fuzan
Emblem of Bazan

Counties

Provincial governors

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

NameName in kanji/hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
Kagawa Teru香川 輝October 1, 1910February 14, 1913Provincial minister
Sasaki Tōtarō佐々木 藤太郎February 14, 1913December 26, 1921Provincial minister before August 1919
Sawada Toyotake沢田 豊丈December 26, 1921February 24, 1923
Wada Jun和田 純February 24, 1923January 31, 1928
Mizuguchi Ryūzō水口 隆三January 31, 1928January 21, 1929
Sudō Moto須藤 素January 21, 1929November 28, 1929
Tani Takima谷 多喜磨November 28, 1929December 24, 1930
Watanabe Toyohiko渡辺 豊日子December 24, 1930August 4, 1933
Sekimizu Takeshi関水 武August 4, 1933April 1, 1935
Hashi Morisada土師 盛貞April 1, 1935May 26, 1937
Abe Senichi阿部 千一May 26, 1937September 10, 1938
Yamazawa Wasaburō山沢 和三郎September 10, 1938November 19, 1941
Nishioka Yoshijirō西岡 芳次郎November 19, 1941March 27, 1943
Ōno Sueo大野 季夫March 27, 1943March 28, 1945
Nobuhara Satoru信原 聖March 28, 1945August 15, 1945Tenure ended with Korean independence

See also

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