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(Redirected from Heianhoku-dō) 1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan
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Heianhoku Province平安北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalShingishū
History 
• Established 29 August 1910
• Disestablished 15 August 1945
Today part ofNorth Korea
Heian-hoku Provincial Office

Heianhoku-dō (平安北道, Korean: 평안북도), alternatively Heianhoku Province or North Heian Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Shingishū (Sinuiju). The province consisted of modern-day North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 1,620,882 people
    • Japanese: 22,363 people
    • Koreans: 1,578,605 people
    • Other: 19,914 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

Emblem of Shingishū

Counties

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

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