Keishōnan-dō explained

Native Name:慶尚南道
Conventional Long Name:Keishōnan-dō
Subdivision:Former province
Nation:Korea, Empire of Japan
Today:South Korea
Date Start:August 29, 1910
Date End:August 15, 1945

, 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:

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

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
香川 輝 October 1, 1910 February 14, 1913 Provincial minister
佐々木 藤太郎 February 14, 1913 December 26, 1921 Provincial minister before August 1919
沢田 豊丈 December 26, 1921 February 24, 1923
和田 純 February 24, 1923 January 31, 1928
水口 隆三 January 31, 1928 January 21, 1929
須藤 素 January 21, 1929 November 28, 1929
谷 多喜磨 November 28, 1929 December 24, 1930
渡辺 豊日子 December 24, 1930 August 4, 1933
関水 武 August 4, 1933 April 1, 1935
土師 盛貞 April 1, 1935 May 26, 1937
阿部 千一 May 26, 1937 September 10, 1938
山沢 和三郎 September 10, 1938 November 19, 1941
西岡 芳次郎 November 19, 1941 March 27, 1943
大野 季夫 March 27, 1943 March 28, 1945
信原 聖 March 28, 1945 August 15, 1945 Tenure ended with Korean independence

See also