Kankyōhoku-dō explained

Native Name:	咸鏡北道
Conventional Long Name:	Kankyōhoku-dō
Subdivision:	Former province
Nation:	Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital:	Seishin
Today:	North Korea
Event End:	Relinquished
Date End:	1945
P1:	North Hamgyong Province
Flag P1:	Flag of Korea (1893).svg
S1:	Soviet Civil Administration
Flag S1:	Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg
Stat Year1:	1936
Stat Pop1:	813,893

, alternatively Kankyōhoku Province, Kankyo Hoku, or North Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Seishin (Chongjin). The province consisted what is now the North Korean province of North Hamgyong, as well as parts of neighboring provinces.^[1]

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

• Overall population: 813,893 people
  • Japanese: 45,433 people
  • Koreans: 762,071 people
  • Other: 6,389 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

• Seishin (capital)
• Rashin
• Jōshin

Counties

• Kakujō
• Kisshū
• Meisen
• Kyōjō
• Funei
• Mozan
• Kainei
• Onjō
• Keigen
• Keikō

See also

• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: December 1945 . Japan and Korea Map . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928041755/http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg . 28 September 2022 . JPG . 22 February 2023 . drben.net.