, alternatively Keishōhoku Province, Keisho Hoku, or North Keishō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Taikyū (Daegu). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Gyeongsang and Daegu Metropolitan City.
Population Year Population 1925 2,293,285 1930 2,373,856 1940 2,428,177 1944 2,561,251
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
Overall population: 2,454,275 people Japanese: 49,887 people Koreans: 2,402,970 people Other: 1,418 people
Administrative divisions
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Cities
Taikyū (大邱) - (capital): Daegu (대구). present Daegu Metropolitan City.
Counties
Tatsujō (달성) Gun'i (군위) Gijō (의성) Antō (안동) Seishō (청송) Eiyō (영양) Eitoku (영덕) Geijitsu (영일. 현 포항) Keishū (경주) Eisen (영천) Keizan (경산) Seidō (청도) Kōrei (고령) Seishū (성주) Shikkoku (칠곡) Kinsen (김천) Zenzan (선산. 현 구미) Shōshū (상주) Bunkei (문경) Reisen (예천) Eishū (영주) Hōka (봉화)
Islands Utsuryō Island (울릉)
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 Jin-ho 李軫鎬 October 1, 1910 March 28, 1916 Provincial minister Japanese Suzuki Takashi 鈴木 隆 March 28, 1916 September 26, 1919 Provincial minister before August 1919 Japanese Fujikawa Rizaburō 藤川 利三郎 September 26, 1919 February 24, 1923 Japanese Sawada Toyotake 沢田 豊丈 February 24, 1923 May 12, 1926 Japanese Sudō Moto 須藤 基 May 12, 1926 January 21, 1929 Japanese Imamura Masami 今村 正美 January 21, 1929 December 11, 1929 Japanese Hayashi Shigeki 林 茂樹 December 11, 1929 September 23, 1931 Korean Kim Seo-kyu 金瑞圭 September 23, 1931 April 1, 1935 Japanese Okazaki Tetsurō 岡崎 哲郎 April 1, 1935 May 21, 1936 Japanese Date Yotsuo 伊達 四雄 May 21, 1936 September 5, 1936 Japanese Kōtaki Motoi 上滝 基 September 5, 1936 January 24, 1941 Japanese Takahashi Satoshi 高橋 敏 January 24, 1941 November 19, 1941 Japanese Takao Jinzō 高尾 甚造 November 19, 1941 September 30, 1943 Korean Takenaga Kazuki 武永 憲樹 September 30, 1943 August 17, 1944 Had been change name from Eom Chang-seob (嚴昌燮) Korean Lee Chang-geun 李昌根 August 17, 1944 June 16, 1945 Korean Kim Dae-woo 金大羽 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Korean independence and Japanese surrender
See also Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea