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1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan
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Zenrahoku-dō全羅北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalZenshū
History 
• Established 29 August 1910
• Disestablished 15 August 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea

Zenrahoku-dō (全羅北道, Korean: 전라북도), alternatively Zenrahoku Province, Zenra Hoku, or North Zenra Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Zenshū (Jeonju). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Jeolla.

Population

Year Population
1925 1,340,430
1930 1,467,604
1940 1,564,041
1944 1,639,213

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 1,540,686 people
    • Japanese: 35,844 people
    • Koreans: 1,502,380 people
    • Other: 2,462 people

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

Emblem of Gunzan

Counties

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
Korean Lee Doo-hwang 李斗璜 October 1, 1910 March 9, 1916 Provincial minister, died in office
Korean Lee Jin-ho 李軫鎬 March 9, 1916 August 5, 1921 Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese Isumi Chūzō 亥角仲蔵 August 5, 1921 August 11, 1925
Japanese Aoki Kaizō 青木戒三 August 11, 1925 March 8, 1926
Japanese Watanabe Shinobu 渡辺忍 March 8, 1926 January 21, 1929
Japanese Hayashi Shigeki 林茂樹 January 21, 1929 December 11, 1929
Korean Kim Seo-kyu 金瑞圭 December 11, 1929 September 23, 1931
Korean Hong Seung-gyun 洪承均 September 23, 1931 September 27, 1932
Korean Go Won-hun 高元勳 September 27, 1932 May 21, 1936
Korean Kim Si-kwon 金時權 May 21, 1936 April 1, 1937
Korean Son Yeong-mok 孫永穆 April 1, 1937 September 2, 1940
Korean Rinoie Genpo 李家源甫 September 2, 1940 January 24, 1942 Had been forced to change name from Lee Won-bo (李源甫)
Korean Kanemura Yasuo 金村泰男 January 24, 1942 August 18, 1943 Had been forced to change name from Kim Byeong-tae (金秉泰)
Korean Kim Dae-woo 金大羽 August 18, 1943 June 16, 1945
Korean Kusamoto Zenki 草本然基 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Jeong Yeon-gi (鄭然基), 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. "Historic map 1945 Korea and Japan" (JPG). National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
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