Zenra-hoku Prefecture

Zenra-hoku Prefecture (全羅北道, Zenra-hoku-dō) was one of the administrative divisions of Korea during Japanese rule, with its capital at Zenshū. The prefecture consisted of modern-day North Jeolla Province, South Korea.

Zenra-hoku Prefecture
全羅北道
Prefecture of Korea

CapitalZenshū
Today part ofSouth Korea

Population

YearPopulation
19251,340,430
19301,467,604
19401,564,041
19441,639,213

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 1,540,686 people
    • Japanese: 35,844 people
    • Koreans: 1,502,380 people
    • Other: 2,462 people

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

Counties

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.

NationalityNameName in hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
KoreanLee Doo-hwang李斗璜October 1, 1910March 9, 1916Provincial minister, died in office
KoreanLee Jin-ho李軫鎬March 9, 1916August 5, 1921Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseIsumi Chūzō亥角仲蔵August 5, 1921August 11, 1925
JapaneseAoki Kaizō青木戒三August 11, 1925March 8, 1926
JapaneseWatanabe Shinobu渡辺忍March 8, 1926January 21, 1929
JapaneseHayashi Shigeki林茂樹January 21, 1929December 11, 1929
KoreanKim Seo-kyu金瑞圭December 11, 1929September 23, 1931
KoreanHong Seung-gyun洪承均September 23, 1931September 27, 1932
KoreanGo Won-hun高元勳September 27, 1932May 21, 1936
KoreanKim Si-kwon金時權May 21, 1936April 1, 1937
KoreanSon Yeong-mok孫永穆April 1, 1937September 2, 1940
KoreanRinoie Genpo李家源甫September 2, 1940January 24, 1942Had been forced to change name from Lee Won-bo (李源甫)
KoreanKanemura Yasuo金村泰男January 24, 1942August 18, 1943Had been forced to change name from Kim Byeong-tae (金秉泰)
KoreanKim Dae-woo金大羽August 18, 1943June 16, 1945
KoreanKusamoto Zenki草本然基June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Had been forced to change name from Jeong Yeon-gi (鄭然基), Korean independence

See also

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