Chūseinan Province

Chūseinan-dō (忠清南道; Korean: 충청남도), 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.

Chūsei-nan Province 忠清南道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital	Taiden
Today part of	South Korea

Chūsei-nan Provincial Office

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

• Taiden (大田) - (capital): Daejeon (대전). present Daejeon Metropolitan City.

Counties

• Daitoku (大德): Daedeok (대덕). present Daedeok District and Yuseong District in Daejeon Metropolitan City.
• Enki (燕岐): Yeongi (연기). present Sejong City.
• Kōshū (公州): Gongju (공주).
• Ronzan (論山): Nonsan (논산).
• Fuyo (扶餘): Buyeo (부여).
• Josen (舒川): Seocheon (서천).
• Honei (保寧): Boryeong (보령).
• Seiyō (靑陽): Cheongyang (청양).
• Kōjō (洪城): Hongseong (홍성).
• Reizan (禮山): Yesan (예산).
• Zuizan (瑞山): Seosan (서산).
• Tōshin (唐津): Dangjin (당진).
• Gazan (牙山): Asan (아산).
• Ten'an (天安): Cheonan (천안).

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

• South Chungcheong Province
• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea