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1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan
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Keishōnan-dō慶尚南道
Former province of Korea under Japanese rule

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

Keishōnan-dō (慶尚南道, Korean: 경상남도), alternatively Keishōnan Province or South Keishō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Fuzan (Busan). The province consisted of modern-day South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

Population

Year Population
1925 1,938,001
1930 2,045,113
1940 2,147,602
1944 2,318,146

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.

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