Zenranan Prefecture
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| Zenranan-dō 全羅南道 | |
|---|---|
| Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan | |
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| Capital | Kōshū |
| History | |
• Established | 29 August 1910 |
• Disestablished | 15 August 1945 |
| Today part of | South Korea |
Zenranan-dō (全羅南道, Korean: 전라남도), alternatively Zenranan Province or South Zenra Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Kōshū (Gwangju). The province consisted of modern-day South Jeolla Province and Jeju Province.
Population
[edit]Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
- Overall population: 2,416,341 people
- Japanese: 44,154 people
- Koreans: 2,370,853 people
- Other: 1,334 people
Administrative divisions
[edit]The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Cities
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Counties
[edit]Islands
[edit]Provincial governors
[edit]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 | Nose Tatsugorō | 能勢 辰五郎 | October 1, 1910 | May 15, 1911 | Provincial minister, died in office |
| Japanese | Kudō Eiichi | 工藤 英一 | May 24, 1911 | March 28, 1916 | Provincial minister |
| Japanese | Miyagi Matashichi | 宮木 又七 | March 28, 1916 | September 26, 1919 | Provincial minister before August 1919 |
| Japanese | Isumi Nakazō | 亥角 仲蔵 | Example | August 5, 1921 | |
| Korean | Won Eung-sang | 元應常 | August 5, 1921 | December 1, 1924 | |
| Korean | Jang Heon-sik | 張憲植 | December 1, 1924 | August 14, 1926 | |
| Korean | Seok Jin-hyeong | 石鎭衡 | August 14, 1926 | January 19, 1929 | |
| Korean | Kim Seo-kyu | 金瑞圭 | January 19, 1929 | December 11, 1929 | |
| Japanese | Umano Seiichi | 馬野 精一 | December 11, 1929 | September 23, 1931 | |
| Japanese | Yajima Uzazō | 矢島 杉造 | September 23, 1931 | February 20, 1935 | |
| Japanese | Kondō Tsunetaka | 近藤 常尚 | February 20, 1935 | June 29, 1936 | Died in office |
| Japanese | Matsumoto Iori | 松本 伊織 | July 6, 1936 | July 3, 1937 | |
| Japanese | Shingai Hajime | 新貝 肇 | July 3, 1937 | September 2, 1940 | |
| Korean | Takenaga Kazuki | 武永 憲樹 | September 2, 1940 | September 30, 1943 | Had been forced to change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮) |
| Japanese | Hyōdō Masaru | 兵頭 儁 | September 30, 1943 | May 20, 1945 | |
| Japanese | Yagi Nobuo | 八木 信雄 | May 20, 1945 | August 15, 1945 | Tenure ended with Korea's independence. |
See also
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