, alternatively Chūseihoku Province, Chūsei Hoku, or North Chūsei Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Seishū (contemporary Cheongju, South Korea). The prefecture consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Chungcheong.
Population 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
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Counties
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
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 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 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 兪萬兼 April 26, 1939 September 2, 1940 Korean 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 増永 弘 August 17, 1944 June 16, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘) Korean 鄭僑源 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Term ended with Korean independence
See also North Chungcheong Province Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea
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