, alternatively Kankyōhoku Province, Kankyo Hoku, or North Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Seishin (Chongjin). The province consisted what is now the North Korean province of North Hamgyong, as well as parts of neighboring provinces.
Population Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
Overall population: 813,893 people Japanese: 45,433 people Koreans: 762,071 people Other: 6,389 people
Administrative divisions
Cities
Seishin (capital) Rashin Jōshin
Counties
Kakujō Kisshū Meisen Kyōjō Funei Mozan Kainei Onjō Keigen Keikō
Provincial governors Family Register Name Chinese Characters Appointment Resignation Remarks Naichijin Takei Tomosada October 1, 1910 February 14, 1913 Governor of North Hamgyŏng Province Naichijin Hoashi Junzō February 14, 1913 October 3, 1913 Governor of North Hamgyŏng Province, died in office Naichijin Kuwahara Yatsushi November 4, 1913 September 23, 1918 Governor of North Hamgyŏng Province Naichijin Kanbayashi Keijirō September 23, 1918 August 5, 1921 Governor; from August 1919, Governor of North Hamgyŏng Province Naichijin Saitō Reizō August 5, 1921 February 24, 1923 Naichijin Nakano Tasaburō February 24, 1923 August 14, 1926 Korean Pak Yŏng-ch'ŏl 朴榮喆 August 14, 1926 May 18, 1927 Korean Pak Sang-jun 朴相駿 May 18, 1927 March 29, 1928 Naichijin Adachi Fusajirō March 30, 1928 November 28, 1929 Naichijin Furuhashi Takushirō November 28, 1929 September 23, 1931 Naichijin Andō Kesaichi September 23, 1931 September 29, 1931 Naichijin Tominaga Fumikazu October 7, 1931 November 5, 1934 Naichijin Takeuchi Takero November 5, 1934 July 30, 1936 Naichijin Kojima Takanobu July 30, 1936 March 9, 1940 Naichijin Ōno Ken'ichi March 9, 1940 October 23, 1942 Naichijin Furukawa Kanehide October 23, 1942 June 26, 1945 Naichijin Watanabe Ritsurō June 26, 1945 August 15, 1945 Tenure ended with Korea's independence
See also Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea
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