, alternatively Zenrahoku Province, Zenra Hoku, or North Zenra Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Zenshū (Jeonju). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Jeolla.
Population Year Population 1925 1,340,430 1930 1,467,604 1940 1,564,041 1944 1,639,213
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
Zenshū (capital) Gunzan
Counties
Kanshū Chin'an Kinzan Moshu Chōsui Ninjitsu Nangen Junshō Seiyū Kōshō Fuan Kintei Yokkō Ekizan
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 Doo-hwang 李斗璜 October 1, 1910 March 9, 1916 Provincial minister, died in office Korean Lee Jin-ho 李軫鎬 March 9, 1916 August 5, 1921 Provincial minister before August 1919 Japanese Isumi Chūzō 亥角仲蔵 August 5, 1921 August 11, 1925 Japanese Aoki Kaizō 青木戒三 August 11, 1925 March 8, 1926 Japanese Watanabe Shinobu 渡辺忍 March 8, 1926 January 21, 1929 Japanese Hayashi Shigeki 林茂樹 January 21, 1929 December 11, 1929 Korean Kim Seo-kyu 金瑞圭 December 11, 1929 September 23, 1931 Korean Hong Seung-gyun 洪承均 September 23, 1931 September 27, 1932 Korean Go Won-hun 高元勳 September 27, 1932 May 21, 1936 Korean Kim Si-kwon 金時權 May 21, 1936 April 1, 1937 Korean Son Yeong-mok 孫永穆 April 1, 1937 September 2, 1940 Korean Rinoie Genpo 李家源甫 September 2, 1940 January 24, 1942 Had been forced to change name from Lee Won-bo (李源甫) Korean Kanemura Yasuo 金村泰男 January 24, 1942 August 18, 1943 Had been forced to change name from Kim Byeong-tae (金秉泰) Korean Kim Dae-woo 金大羽 August 18, 1943 June 16, 1945 Korean Kusamoto Zenki 草本然基 June 16, 1945 August 15, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Jeong Yeon-gi (鄭然基), Korean independence
See also Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea
References