Kōgen Province
1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan
Kōgen-dō (江原道 , Korean : 강원도 ) , alternatively Kōgen Province , was a province of Korea under Japanese rule . Its capital was Shunsen (Chuncheon). The province corresponds to the combination of the modern Kangwon Province, North Korea and Gangwon Province, South Korea .[ a]
Population
Year
Population
1925
1,322,331
1930
1,473,972
1940
1,742,928
1944
1,836,661
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
Overall population: 1,529,071 people
Japanese: 15,019 people
Koreans: 1,513,276 people
Other: 776 people
Administrative divisions
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Counties
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
Korean
Lee Kyu-wan
李 圭完
October 1, 1910
September 23, 1918
Provincial minister
Korean
Won Eung-sang
元 應常
September 23, 1918
August 5, 1921
Provincial minister before August 1919
Korean
Sin Seok-rin
申 錫麟
August 5, 1921
February 26, 1923
Korean
Yoon Kab-byeong
尹 甲炳
February 26, 1923
December 1, 1924
Korean
Park Yeong-cheol
朴 栄喆
December 1, 1924
August 14, 1926
Korean
Park Sang-jun
朴 相駿
August 14, 1926
May 18, 1927
Korean
Yoo Seong-jun
兪 星濬
May 18, 1927
November 28, 1929
Korean
Lee Beom-ik
李 範益
November 28, 1929
April 1, 1935
Korean
Son Yeong-mok
孫 永穆
April 1, 1935
April 1, 1937
Korean
Kim Shi-kwon
金 時権
April 1, 1937
May 17, 1939
Korean
Yoon Tae-bin
尹 泰彬
May 17, 1939
September 2, 1940
Japanese
Takao Jinzō
高尾 甚造
September 2, 1940
November 19, 1941
Japanese
Yagyū Shigeo
柳生 繁雄
November 19, 1941
December 1, 1943
Korean
Nakahara Kōjun [ko ]
中原 鴻洵
December 1, 1943
June 16, 1945
Had been forced to change name from Yoo Hong-sun (劉鴻洵)
Korean
Son Yeong-mok
孫 永穆
June 16, 1945
August 15, 1945
Korean independence
See also
Notes
^ Due to the division of Korea , while each Korea has its own Kangwon/Gangwon Province, the North Korean portion of Gyeonggi and the South Korean portion of Hwanghae have been absorbed into other provinces. Shunsen is now the South Korean city of Chuncheon.
References