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Heianhoku Province
平安北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

Capital Shingishū
History 
• Established
August 29, 1910
• Disestablished
August 15, 1945
Today part ofNorth Korea
Heian-hoku Provincial Office

Heianhoku-dō (平安北道, Korean평안북도), 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, 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

Emblem of Shingishū

Counties

See also