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Chūseihoku-dō忠清北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalSeishū
Today part ofSouth Korea
Chūsei-hoku Provincial Office

Chūseihoku-dō (忠清北道, Korean: 충청북도), alternatively Chūseihoku Province, Chūsei Hoku, or North Chūsei Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Seishū (contemporary Cheongju, South Korea). The prefecture consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Chungcheong.

Population

Year Population
1925 839,422
1930 890,877
1940 935,111
1944 970,623

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 907,055 people
    • Japanese: 8,598 people
    • Koreans: 897,736 people
    • Other: 721 people

Administrative divisions

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

Counties

  • Seishū (淸州) - (capital): Cheongju (청주).
  • Hōon (報恩): Boeun (보은).
  • Yokusen (沃川): Okcheon (옥천).
  • Eidō (永同): Yeongdong (영동).
  • Chinsen (鎭川): Jincheon (진천).
  • Kaizan (槐山): Goesan (괴산).
  • Injō (陰城): Eumseong (음성).
  • Chūshū (忠州): Chungju (충주).
  • Teisen (堤川): Jecheon (제천).
  • Tan'yō (丹陽): Danyang (단양).

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
Japanese Suzuki Takashi 鈴木 隆 October 1, 1910 March 28, 1916 Provincial minister
Korean Yoo Hyeok-no 柳赫魯 March 28, 1916 June 13, 1917 Provincial minister
Korean Jang Heon-sik [ko] 張憲植 June 13, 1917 February 12, 1921 Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese Yoneda Jintarō 米田 甚太郎 February 12, 1921 February 24, 1923
Korean Park Jung-yang 朴重陽 February 24, 1923 March 31, 1925
Korean Kim Yoon-jeong 金潤晶 March 31, 1925 August 14, 1926
Korean Han Kyu-bok [ko] 韓圭復 August 14, 1926 November 28, 1929
Korean Hong Seung-gyun 洪承均 November 28, 1929 September 23, 1931
Korean Nam Gung-yeong 南宮營 September 23, 1931 April 1, 1935
Korean Kim Dong-hun 金東勳 April 1, 1935 April 26, 1939
Korean Yoo Man-gyeom [ko] 兪萬兼 April 26, 1939 September 2, 1940
Korean Itō Yasuakira [ko] 伊藤 泰彬 September 2, 1940 October 23, 1942 Had been forced to change name from Yoon Tae-bin (尹泰彬)
Korean Hiramatsu Shōkon 平松 昌根 October 23, 1942 August 17, 1944 Had been forced to change name from Lee Chang-geun (李昌根)
Korean Masunaga Hiroshi [ko] 増永 弘 August 17, 1944 June 16, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘)
Korean Jeong Kyo-won [ko] 鄭僑源 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Term ended with Korean independence

See also

Former external territories (gaichi) of Japan
Karafuto (naichi after 1943)
KoreaGovernor-General
TaiwanGovernor-General
  • Taihoku Prefecture
  • Shinchiku Prefecture
  • Taichū Prefecture
  • Tainan Prefecture
  • Takao Prefecture
  • Karenkō Prefecture
  • Taitō Prefecture
  • Hōko Prefecture
    • Nan'yōGovernor
  • Civil Affairs Bureau of Temporary Nan'yō Islands Defense Unit → Nan'yō Government: Saipan Subprefecture | Parao Subprefecture | Yappu Subprefecture | Torakku Subprefecture | Ponape Subprefecture | Yarūto Subprefecture
    • Kantō-shū
  • Governor-General Kantō Bureau: Dairen Civil Affairs Bureau | Ryojun Civil Affairs Bureau | Kinshū Civil Affairs Bureau | Furanten Civil Affairs Bureau | Hishika Civil Affairs Bureau

    • References

    1. "Korea maps". drben.net. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.
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