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Kankyōhoku-dō

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Kankyōhoku-dō
咸鏡北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalSeishin
Population 
• 1936
813,893
Preceded by
Succeeded by
North Hamgyong Province
Soviet Civil Administration
Today part ofNorth Korea
Kankyō-hoku Provincial Office

Kankyōhoku-dō (咸鏡北道, Korean함경북도), alternatively Kankyōhoku Province, Kankyo Hoku, or North Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Seishin (Chongjin). The province consisted what is now the North Korean province of North Hamgyong, as well as parts of neighboring provinces.[1]

Population

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Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 813,893 people
    • Japanese: 45,433 people
    • Koreans: 762,071 people
    • Other: 6,389 people

Administrative divisions

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Cities

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Emblem of Seishin

Counties

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Japan and Korea Map". drben.net. December 1945. Archived (JPG) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.