Kankyōnan Province
1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan
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Kankyōnan-dō (咸鏡南道; Korean: 함경남도), alternatively Kankyōnan Province or South Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Kankō (Hamhung). The province mainly consisted of modern-day South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, with additional surrounding territories.
CapitalKankō
Today part ofNorth Korea
| Kankyōnan-dō 咸鏡南道 | |||||||||
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| Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan | |||||||||
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| Capital | Kankō | ||||||||
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| Today part of | North Korea | ||||||||
Population
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
- Overall population: 1,602,178 people
- Japanese: 51,052 people
- Koreans: 1,544,883 people
- Other: 6,243 people
Administrative divisions
Cities
Counties
- Kanshū (咸州): Hamju (함주)
- Teihei (定平): Chongpyong (정평)
- Eikō (永興): Yeongheung (영흥)
- Kōgen (高原): Kowon (고원)
- Bunsen (文川): Munchon (문천)
- Anpen (安邊): Anbyon (안변)
- Kōgen (洪原): Hongwon (홍원)
- Hokusei (北靑): Pukchong (북청)
- Rigen (利原): Riwon (리원)
- Tansen (端川): Tanchon (단천)
- Shinkō (新興): Sinhung (신흥)
- Chōshin (長津): Changjin (장진)
- Hōzan (豊山): Pungsan (풍산)
- Sansui (三水): Samsu (삼수)
- Kōzan (甲山): Kapsan (갑산)
- Keizan (惠山): Hyesan (혜산)
Provincial governors
| Family Register | Name | Chinese Characters | Term of Office | Remarks |
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| Korean | Sin Ŭng-hŭi | 申應熙 | October 1, 1910 – September 23, 1918 | Governor of South Hamgyŏng Province |
| Korean | Yi Kyuwan | 李圭完 | September 23, 1918 – December 1, 1924 | Governor; from August 1919, Governor of South Hamgyŏng Province |
| Korean | Kim Kwan-hyŏn | 金寛鉉 | December 1, 1924 – August 14, 1926 | |
| Naichijin | Nakano Tasaburō | 中野 太三郎 | August 14, 1926 – January 21, 1929 | |
| Naichijin | Mano Seiichi | 馬野 精一 | January 21, 1929 – December 11, 1929 | |
| Naichijin | Matsui Fusajirō | 松井 房治郎 | December 11, 1929 – November 12, 1930 | |
| Naichijin | Sekimizu Takeshi | 関水 武 | November 12, 1930 – August 4, 1933 | |
| Naichijin | Hagiwara Hikozō | 萩原 彦三 | August 4, 1933 – February 4, 1935 | |
| Naichijin | Yunomura Tatsujirō | 湯村 辰二郎 | February 4, 1935 – October 16, 1936 | |
| Naichijin | Sasagawa Kyōzaburō | 笹川 恭三郎 | October 16, 1936 – September 2, 1940 | |
| Naichijin | Shingai Hajime | 新貝 肇 | September 2, 1940 – May 31, 1941 | |
| Naichijin | Dange Ikutarō | 丹下 郁太郎 | May 31, 1941 – April 7, 1942 | |
| Naichijin | Seto Michikazu | 瀬戸 道一 | April 7, 1942 – December 1, 1943 | |
| Naichijin | Yagyū Shigeo | 柳生 繁雄 | December 1, 1943 – February 14, 1945 | |
| Naichijin | Kishi Yūichi | 岸 勇一 | February 14, 1945 – August 15, 1945 | Tenure ended with Korea's independence |
See also
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