Kankyō-hoku_Prefecture

Kankyōhoku-dō

Kankyōhoku-dō

1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan

Kankyōhoku-dō (咸鏡北道, Korean: 함경북도), 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.[1]

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Kankyō-hoku Provincial Office

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

Emblem of Seishin

Counties

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Japan and Korea Map". drben.net. December 1945. Archived (JPG) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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