Zenrahoku Province


Zenrahoku-dō, alternatively Zenrahoku Province, Zenra Hoku, or North Zenra Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Zenshū. The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Jeolla.

Population

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

Counties

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.
NationalityNameName in kanji/hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
KoreanLee Doo-hwang李斗璜October 1, 1910March 9, 1916Provincial minister, died in office
KoreanLee Jin-ho李軫鎬March 9, 1916August 5, 1921Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseIsumi Chūzō亥角仲蔵August 5, 1921August 11, 1925
JapaneseAoki Kaizō青木戒三August 11, 1925March 8, 1926
JapaneseWatanabe Shinobu渡辺忍March 8, 1926January 21, 1929
JapaneseHayashi Shigeki林茂樹January 21, 1929December 11, 1929
KoreanKim Seo-kyu金瑞圭December 11, 1929September 23, 1931
KoreanHong Seung-gyun洪承均September 23, 1931September 27, 1932
KoreanGo Won-hun高元勳September 27, 1932May 21, 1936
KoreanKim Si-kwon金時權May 21, 1936April 1, 1937
KoreanSon Yeong-mok孫永穆April 1, 1937September 2, 1940
KoreanRinoie Genpo李家源甫September 2, 1940January 24, 1942Had been forced to change name from Lee Won-bo
KoreanKanemura Yasuo金村泰男January 24, 1942August 18, 1943Had been forced to change name from Kim Byeong-tae
KoreanKim Dae-woo金大羽August 18, 1943June 16, 1945
KoreanKusamoto Zenki草本然基June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Had been forced to change name from Jeong Yeon-gi, Korean independence