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Zenranan-dō

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Zenranan-dō
全羅南道ぜんらなんどう
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalKōshū
History 
• Established
29 August 1910
• Disestablished
15 August 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea

Zenranan-dō (全羅南道ぜんらなんどう, Korean전라남도), 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

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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

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

Cities

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Emblem of Moppo
Emblem of Kōshū

Counties

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Islands

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Provincial governors

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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 能勢のせ 辰五郎たつごろう October 1, 1910 May 15, 1911 Provincial minister, died in office
Japanese Kudō Eiichi 工藤くどう 英一ひでかず May 24, 1911 March 28, 1916 Provincial minister
Japanese Miyagi Matashichi 宮木みやぎ 又七またしち March 28, 1916 September 26, 1919 Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese Isumi Nakazō すみ 仲蔵なかぞう Example August 5, 1921
Korean Won Eung-sang もとおうつね August 5, 1921 December 1, 1924
Korean Jang Heon-sik ちょうけんうえ December 1, 1924 August 14, 1926
Korean Seok Jin-hyeong いし鎭衡 August 14, 1926 January 19, 1929
Korean Kim Seo-kyu きむみずほけい January 19, 1929 December 11, 1929
Japanese Umano Seiichi 馬野うまの 精一せいいち December 11, 1929 September 23, 1931
Japanese Yajima Uzazō 矢島やじま すぎづくり September 23, 1931 February 20, 1935
Japanese Kondō Tsunetaka 近藤こんどう つねなお February 20, 1935 June 29, 1936 Died in office
Japanese Matsumoto Iori 松本まつもと 伊織いおり July 6, 1936 July 3, 1937
Japanese Shingai Hajime しんかい はじめ July 3, 1937 September 2, 1940
Korean Takenaga Kazuki たけえい けんじゅ September 2, 1940 September 30, 1943 Had been forced to change name from Eom Chang-seob (いむあきら燮)
Japanese Hyōdō Masaru 兵頭ひょうどう September 30, 1943 May 20, 1945
Japanese Yagi Nobuo 八木やぎ 信雄のぶお May 20, 1945 August 15, 1945 Tenure ended with Korea's independence.

See also

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