, alternatively Heianhoku Province or North Heian Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Shingishū (Sinuiju). The province consisted of modern-day North Pyongan Province, North Korea.
Population Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
Overall population: 1,620,882 people Japanese: 22,363 people Koreans: 1,578,605 people Other: 19,914 people
Administrative divisions
Cities
Shingishū (신의주, capital)
Counties
Gishū(의주) Ryūsen(용천) Tetsuzan(철산) Sensen(선천) Teishū(정주) Hakusen(박천) Neihen(영변) Unzan(운산) Taisen(태천) Kijō(구성) Sakushū(삭주) Shōjō(창성) Hekidō(벽동) Sozan(초산) Igen(의원) Kisen(희천) Kōkai(강계) Jijō(자성) Kōshō(후창)
Provincial governors Family Register Name Kanji Notation Term of Office Notes Naichijin Kawakami Tsuneo October 1, 1910 – November 14, 1916 Chief Minister of Heianhoku Naichijin Fujikawa Risaburo November 14, 1916 – September 26, 1919 Chief Minister; from August 1919, Governor of Heianhoku Naichijin Iio Tojiro September 26, 1919 – February 24, 1923 Naichijin Ikuta Seizaburo February 24, 1923 – June 15, 1925 Naichijin Tani Takima June 15, 1925 – November 28, 1929 Naichijin Ishikawa Tomori November 28, 1929 – December 13, 1932 Naichijin Hashi Morisada December 13, 1932 – April 1, 1935 Naichijin Ōtake Jūrō April 1, 1935 – May 21, 1936 Naichijin Miza Sasuga May 21, 1936 – March 15, 1939 Naichijin Nishimoto Keizō March 15, 1939 – September 2, 1940 Naichijin Kō Yasuhiko September 2, 1940 – November 19, 1941 Naichijin Shiraishi Kōjirō November 19, 1941 – July 17, 1943 Naichijin Nobuhara Satoru July 17, 1943 – March 28, 1945 Naichijin Yamaji Yasuyuki March 28, 1945 – August 15, 1945 Tenure terminated with the end of the Japanese rule
See also Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea
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