Kōgen Province
江原道
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Province of Chōsen | |
Capital | Shunsen |
History | |
• Established | August 29, 1910 |
• Disestablished | August 15, 1945 |
Today part of | South Korea North Korea |
Kōgen-dō (江原道, or Kōgen Province) is a former Korean province, one of the administrative divisions of Korea when it was under Japanese rule, with its capital at Shunsen (present day Chuncheon, South Korea). The province consisted of what is now the Kangwon and Gangwon provinces of North Korea and South Korea respectively.[a]
Year | Population |
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1925 | 1,322,331 |
1930 | 1,473,972 |
1940 | 1,742,928 |
1944 | 1,836,661 |
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
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 |
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Korean | Lee Kyu-wan | 李 圭完 | October 1, 1910 | September 23, 1918 | Provincial minister |
Korean | Won Eung-sang | 元 應常 | September 23, 1918 | August 5, 1921 | Provincial minister before August 1919 |
Korean | Sin Seok-rin | 申 錫麟 | August 5, 1921 | February 26, 1923 | |
Korean | Yoon Kab-byeong | 尹 甲炳 | February 26, 1923 | December 1, 1924 | |
Korean | Park Yeong-cheol | 朴 栄喆 | December 1, 1924 | August 14, 1926 | |
Korean | Park Sang-jun | 朴 相駿 | August 14, 1926 | May 18, 1927 | |
Korean | Yoo Seong-jun | 兪 星濬 | May 18, 1927 | November 28, 1929 | |
Korean | Lee Beom-ik | 李 範益 | November 28, 1929 | April 1, 1935 | |
Korean | Son Yeong-mok | 孫 永穆 | April 1, 1935 | April 1, 1937 | |
Korean | Kim Shi-kwon | 金 時権 | April 1, 1937 | May 17, 1939 | |
Korean | Yoon Tae-bin | 尹 泰彬 | May 17, 1939 | September 2, 1940 | |
Japanese | Takao Jinzō | 高尾 甚造 | September 2, 1940 | November 19, 1941 | |
Japanese | Yagyū Shigeo | 柳生 繁雄 | November 19, 1941 | December 1, 1943 | |
Korean | Nakahara Kōjun | 中原 鴻洵 | December 1, 1943 | June 16, 1945 | Had been forced to change name from Yoo Hong-sun (劉鴻洵) |
Korean | Son Yeong-mok | 孫 永穆 | June 16, 1945 | August 15, 1945 | Korean independence |
Former external territories (gaichi) of Japan
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Karafuto (naichi after 1943) |
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Nan'yō | |
Kantō-shū |
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