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Chūsei-nan Province
忠清南道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

Capital Taiden
Today part ofSouth Korea
Chūsei-nan Provincial Office

Chūseinan-dō (忠清南道, Korean충청남도), alternatively Chūseinan Province or South Chūsei Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Taiden (Daejeon). The province consisted of modern-day South Chungcheong, South Korea.

Population

Year Population
1925 1,259,024
1930 1,356,942
1940 1,548,032
1944 1,647,044

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 1,482,963 people
    • Japanese: 26,314 people
    • Koreans: 1,454,830 people
    • Other: 1,819 people

Administrative divisions

The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:

Cities

Emblem of Taiden

Counties

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.

Ethnicity Name Name in kanji/hanja Start of tenure End of tenure Notes
Korean Park Jung-yang 朴 重陽 October 1, 1910 March 31, 1915 Provincial minister
Japanese Ohara Shinzō 小原 新三 March 31, 1915 October 28, 1916 Provincial minister
Japanese Kanbayashi Keijirō 上林 敬次郎 October 28, 1916 September 23, 1918 Provincial minister
Japanese Kuwahara Hachishi 桑原 八司 September 23, 1918 September 26, 1919 Provincial minister before August 1919
Japanese Tokizane Akiho 時実 秋穂 September 26, 1919 February 12, 1921
Korean Kim Gwan-hyeon 金 寬鉉 February 12, 1921 December 1, 1924
Korean Seok Jin-hyeong 石 鎭衡 December 1, 1924 August 14, 1926
Korean Yoo Seong-jun 兪 星濬 August 14, 1926 May 18, 1927
Korean Sin Seok-rin 申 錫麟 May 18, 1927 November 28, 1929
Korean Yoo Jin-sun 劉 鎭淳 November 28, 1929 September 23, 1931
Japanese Okazaki Tetsurō 岡崎 哲郎 September 23, 1931 April 1, 1935
Korean Lee Beom-ik 李 範益 April 1, 1935 February 20, 1937
Korean Jeong Kyo-won 鄭 僑源 February 20, 1937 May 17, 1939
Korean Lee Seong-geun 李 聖根 May 17, 1939 May 31, 1941
Korean Matsumura Motohiro 松村 基弘 May 31, 1941 October 23, 1942 Had been forced to change name from Lee Gi-bang (李基枋)
Korean Yamaki Fuminori 山木 文憲 October 23, 1942 June 26, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Song Mun-hyeon (宋文憲)
Korean Masunaga Hiroshi 増永 弘 June 26, 1945 August 15, 1945 Had been forced to change name from Park Jae-hong (朴在弘), Korean independence

See also