Kankyōnan Province

Kankyōnan-dō (咸鏡南道; Korean: 함경남도), alternatively Kankyōnan Province or South Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Kankō (Hamhung). The province consisted of modern-day South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

Kankyōnan-dō 咸鏡南道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital	Kankō
Preceded by Succeeded by South Hamgyong Province Soviet Civil Administration
Today part of	North Korea

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

• Overall population: 1,602,178 people
  • Japanese: 51,052 people
  • Koreans: 1,544,883 people
  • Other: 6,243 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

Emblem of Kankō

Emblem of Genzan

• Kankō (咸興) - (capital): Hamhung (함흥)
• Genzan (元山): Wonsan (원산)
• Kōnan (興南): Hungnam (흥남)

Counties

• Kanshū (咸州): Hamju (함주)
• Teihei (定平): Chongpyong (정평)
• Eikō (永興): Yeongheung (영흥)
• Kōgen (高原): Kowon (고원)
• Bunsen (文川): Munchon (문천)
• Anpen (安邊): Anbyon (안변)
• Kōgen (洪原): Hongwon (홍원)
• Hokusei (北靑): Pukchong (북청)
• Rigen (利原): Riwon (리원)
• Tansen (端川): Tanchon (단천)
• Shinkō (新興): Sinhung (신흥)
• Chōshin (長津): Changjin (장진)
• Hōzan (豊山): Pungsan (풍산)
• Sansui (三水): Samsu (삼수)
• Kōzan (甲山): Kapsan (갑산)
• Keizan (惠山): Hyesan (혜산)

Provincial governors

Family Register	Name	Chinese Characters	Term of Office	Remarks
Korean	Sin Ŭng-hŭi	申應熙	October 1, 1910 – September 23, 1918	Governor of South Hamgyŏng Province
Korean	Yi Kyuwan	李圭完	September 23, 1918 – December 1, 1924	Governor; from August 1919, Governor of South Hamgyŏng Province
Korean	Kim Kwan-hyŏn	金寛鉉	December 1, 1924 – August 14, 1926
Naichijin	Nakano Tasaburō	中野 太三郎	August 14, 1926 – January 21, 1929
Naichijin	Mano Seiichi	馬野 精一	January 21, 1929 – December 11, 1929
Naichijin	Matsui Fusajirō	松井 房治郎	December 11, 1929 – November 12, 1930
Naichijin	Sekimizu Takeshi	関水 武	November 12, 1930 – August 4, 1933
Naichijin	Hagiwara Hikozō	萩原 彦三	August 4, 1933 – February 4, 1935
Naichijin	Yunomura Tatsujirō	湯村 辰二郎	February 4, 1935 – October 16, 1936
Naichijin	Sasagawa Kyōzaburō	笹川 恭三郎	October 16, 1936 – September 2, 1940
Naichijin	Shingai Hajime	新貝 肇	September 2, 1940 – May 31, 1941
Naichijin	Dange Ikutarō	丹下 郁太郎	May 31, 1941 – April 7, 1942
Naichijin	Seto Michikazu	瀬戸 道一	April 7, 1942 – December 1, 1943
Naichijin	Yagyū Shigeo	柳生 繁雄	December 1, 1943 – February 14, 1945
Naichijin	Kishi Yūichi	岸 勇一	February 14, 1945 – August 15, 1945	Tenure ended with Korea's independence

See also

• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea