Chūseihoku-dō explained

Conventional Long Name:	Chūseihoku-dō
Subdivision:	Former province
Nation:	Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital:	Seishū
Native Name:	忠清北道
Today:	South Korea

, alternatively Chūseihoku Province, Chūsei Hoku, or North Chūsei Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule.^[1] 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		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		朴重陽	February 24, 1923	March 31, 1925
Korean	Kim Yoon-jeong	金潤晶	March 31, 1925	August 14, 1926
Korean		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		兪萬兼	April 26, 1939	September 2, 1940
Korean		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		増永 弘	August 17, 1944	June 16, 1945	Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘)
Korean		鄭僑源	June 16, 1945	August 15, 1945	Term ended with Korean independence

See also

• North Chungcheong Province
• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Korea maps . drben.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406160926if_/http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg . 6 April 2017.