Keishōnan-dō (慶尚南道, Korean: 경상남도), alternatively Keishōnan Province or South Keishō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Fuzan (Busan). The province consisted of modern-day South Gyeongsang, South Korea.

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Keishōnan-dō
慶尚南道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalFuzan
History 
 Established
29 August 1910
 Disestablished
15 August 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea
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Keishō-nan Provincial Office

Population

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YearPopulation
19251,938,001
19302,045,113
19402,147,602
19442,318,146
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Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 2,214,406 people
    • Japanese: 96,926 people
    • Koreans: 2,115,553 people
    • Other: 1,927 people

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

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Emblem of Fuzan
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Emblem of Bazan

Counties

Provincial governors

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

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NameName in kanji/hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
Kagawa Teru [jp]香川 輝October 1, 1910February 14, 1913Provincial minister
Sasaki Tōtarō [jp]佐々木 藤太郎February 14, 1913December 26, 1921Provincial minister before August 1919
Sawada Toyotake [沢田豊丈]沢田 豊丈December 26, 1921February 24, 1923
Wada Jun [jp]和田 純February 24, 1923January 31, 1928
Mizuguchi Ryūzō [jp]水口 隆三January 31, 1928January 21, 1929
Sudō Moto [jp]須藤 素January 21, 1929November 28, 1929
Tani Takima [jp]谷 多喜磨November 28, 1929December 24, 1930
Watanabe Toyohiko [jp]渡辺 豊日子December 24, 1930August 4, 1933
Sekimizu Takeshi [jp]関水 武August 4, 1933April 1, 1935
Hashi Morisada [jp]土師 盛貞April 1, 1935May 26, 1937
Abe Senichi [jp]阿部 千一May 26, 1937September 10, 1938
Yamazawa Wasaburō [jp]山沢 和三郎September 10, 1938November 19, 1941
Nishioka Yoshijirō [jp]西岡 芳次郎November 19, 1941March 27, 1943
Ōno Sueo [jp]大野 季夫March 27, 1943March 28, 1945
Nobuhara Satoru [jp]信原 聖March 28, 1945August 15, 1945Tenure ended with Korean independence
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