Kōgen-dō

1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan

Kōgen-dō (江原道, Korean: 강원도), alternatively Kōgen Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Shunsen (Chuncheon). The province corresponds to the combination of the modern Kangwon Province, North Korea and Gangwon Province, South Korea.^[a]

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

• Overall population: 1,529,071 people
  • Japanese: 15,019 people
  • Koreans: 1,513,276 people
  • Other: 776 people

Administrative divisions

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

Counties

• Shunsen (春川) - (capital): Chuncheon (춘천).
• Rintei (麟蹄): Inje (인제).
• Yōkō (楊口): Yanggu (양구).
• Waiyō (淮陽): Hoeyang (회양).
• Tsūsen (通川): Tongcheon (통천).
• Kōjō (高城): Goseong (고성).
• Jōyō (襄陽): Yangyang (양양).
• Kōryō (江陵): Gangneung (강릉).
• Sanchoku (三陟): Samcheok (삼척).
• Utchin (蔚珍): Uljin (울진). present Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province.
• Seizen (旌善): Jeongseon (정선).
• Heishō (平昌): Pyeongchang (평창).
• Neietsu (寧越): Yeongwol (영월).
• Genshū (原州): Wonju (원주).
• Ōjō (橫城): Hoengseong (횡성).
• Kōsen (洪川): Hongcheon (홍천).
• Kasen (華川): Hwacheon (화천).
• Kinka (金化): Gimhwa (김화).
• Tetsugen (鐵原): Cheorwon (철원).
• Heikō (平康): Pyeonggang (평강).
• Isen (伊川): Icheon (이천).

Provincial governors

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

See also

• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea
• Gangwon (historical province)
• Gangwon Province (South Korea)
• Kangwon Province (North Korea)

Notes

1. Due to the division of Korea, while each Korea has its own Kangwon/Gangwon Province, the North Korean portion of Gyeonggi and the South Korean portion of Hwanghae have been absorbed into other provinces. Shunsen is now the South Korean city of Chuncheon.

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