Heian'nan-dō explained

Native Name:平安南道
Conventional Long Name:Heian'nan-dō
Common Name:Heian'nan
Subdivision:Former province
Nation:Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital:Heijō
Today:North Korea
Date Start:August 29, 1910
Date End:August 15, 1945

, alternatively Heian'nan Province or South Heian Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Heijō. The province consisted of modern-day South Pyongan, North Korea.

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

Administrative divisions

Cities

Counties

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.

NationalityNameName in kanji/hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
JapaneseMatsunaga Takekichi松永 武吉October 1, 1910March 28, 1916Provincial minister
JapaneseKudō Eiichi工藤 英一March 28, 1916September 26, 1919Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseShinoda Jisaku篠田 治策September 26, 1919February 24, 1923
JapaneseYoneda Jintarō米田 甚太郎February 24, 1923March 8, 1926
JapaneseAoki Kaizō青木 戒三March 8, 1926January 21, 1929
JapaneseSonoda Kan園田 寛January 21, 1929September 23, 1931
JapaneseFujiwara Kizō藤原 喜蔵September 23, 1931April 1, 1935
JapaneseYasutake Tadao安武 直夫April 1, 1935May 21, 1936
JapaneseKamiuchi Hikosaku上内 彦策May 21, 1936August 18, 1938
JapaneseIshida Sentarō石田 千太郎August 18, 1938November 19, 1941
JapaneseTaka Yasuhiko 高 安彦November 19, 1941June 2, 1942
JapaneseShimoiizaka Hajime下飯坂 元June 2, 1942September 20, 1944
JapaneseIsaka Keiichirō柳生 繁雄September 20, 1944May 20, 1945
JapaneseFurukawa Kanehide古川 兼秀June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Korean independence

See also