Chūseihoku-dō (忠清北道, Korean충청북도), alternatively Chūseihoku Province, Chūsei Hoku, or North Chūsei Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule.[1] Its capital was at Seishū (contemporary Cheongju, South Korea). The prefecture consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Chungcheong.

Chūseihoku-dō
忠清北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalSeishū
Today part ofSouth Korea
Chūsei-hoku Provincial Office

Population edit

Year Population
1925 839,422
1930 890,877
1940 935,111
1944 970,623

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 907,055 people
    • Japanese: 8,598 people
    • Koreans: 897,736 people
    • Other: 721 people

Administrative divisions edit

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

Counties edit

  • Seishū (淸州) - (capital): Cheongju (청주).
  • Hōon (報恩): Boeun (보은).
  • Yokusen (沃川): Okcheon (옥천).
  • Eidō (永同): Yeongdong (영동).
  • Chinsen (鎭川): Jincheon (진천).
  • Kaizan (槐山): Goesan (괴산).
  • Injō (陰城): Eumseong (음성).
  • Chūshū (忠州): Chungju (충주).
  • Teisen (堤川): Jecheon (제천).
  • Tan'yō (丹陽): Danyang (단양).

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 Suzuki Takashi 鈴木 隆 October 1, 1910 March 28, 1916 Provincial minister
Korean Yoo Hyeok-no 柳赫魯 March 28, 1916 June 13, 1917 Provincial minister
Korean Jang Heon-sik [ko] 張憲植 June 13, 1917 February 12, 1921 Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese Yoneda Jintarō 米田 甚太郎 February 12, 1921 February 24, 1923
Korean Park Jung-yang 朴重陽 February 24, 1923 March 31, 1925
Korean Kim Yoon-jeong 金潤晶 March 31, 1925 August 14, 1926
Korean Han Kyu-bok [ko] 韓圭復 August 14, 1926 November 28, 1929
Korean Hong Seung-gyun 洪承均 November 28, 1929 September 23, 1931
Korean Nam Gung-yeong 南宮營 September 23, 1931 April 1, 1935
Korean Kim Dong-hun 金東勳 April 1, 1935 April 26, 1939
Korean Yoo Man-gyeom [ko] 兪萬兼 April 26, 1939 September 2, 1940
Korean Itō Yasuakira [ko] 伊藤 泰彬 September 2, 1940 October 23, 1942 Had been forced to change name from Yoon Tae-bin (尹泰彬)
Korean Hiramatsu Shōkon 平松 昌根 October 23, 1942 August 17, 1944 Had been forced to change name from Lee Chang-geun (李昌根)
Korean Masunaga Hiroshi [ko] 増永 弘 August 17, 1944 June 16, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘)
Korean Jeong Kyo-won [ko] 鄭僑源 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Term ended with Korean independence

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Korea maps". drben.net. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017.