Keishōnan-dō

1910–1945 province of Korea under Japan

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

Capital	Fuzan

History

• Established	August 29, 1910
• Disestablished	August 15, 1945



Today part of	South Korea

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.

Population

Year	Population
1925	1,938,001
1930	2,045,113
1940	2,147,602
1944	2,318,146

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

Fuzan (부산) (capital)
Bazan (마산)
Shinshū (진주)

Counties

Shin'yō (진주)
Ginei (의령)
Kan'an (함안)
Shōnei (창녕)
Mitsuyō (밀양)
Ryōzan (양산)
Urusan (울산)
Tōrai (동래)
Kinkai (김해)
Shōgen (창원)
Tōei (통영)
Kojō (고성)
Shisen (사천)
Nankai (남해)
Katō (하동)
Sansei (산청)
Kan'yō (함양)
Kyōsen (합천)

Provincial governors

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

Name	Name in kanji/hanja	Start of tenure	End of tenure	Notes
Kagawa Teru [jp]	香川輝	October 1, 1910	February 14, 1913	Provincial minister
Sasaki Tōtarō [jp]	佐々木藤太郎	February 14, 1913	December 26, 1921	Provincial minister before August 1919
Sawada Toyotake [沢田豊丈]	沢田豊丈	December 26, 1921	February 24, 1923
Wada Jun [jp]	和田純	February 24, 1923	January 31, 1928
Mizuguchi Ryūzō [jp]	水口隆三	January 31, 1928	January 21, 1929
Sudō Moto [jp]	須藤素	January 21, 1929	November 28, 1929
Tani Takima [jp]	谷多喜磨	November 28, 1929	December 24, 1930
Watanabe Toyohiko [jp]	渡辺豊日子	December 24, 1930	August 4, 1933
Sekimizu Takeshi [jp]	関水武	August 4, 1933	April 1, 1935
Hashi Morisada [jp]	土師盛貞	April 1, 1935	May 26, 1937
Abe Senichi [jp]	阿部千一	May 26, 1937	September 10, 1938
Yamazawa Wasaburō [jp]	山沢和三郎	September 10, 1938	November 19, 1941
Nishioka Yoshijirō [jp]	西岡芳次郎	November 19, 1941	March 27, 1943
Ōno Sueo [jp]	大野季夫	March 27, 1943	March 28, 1945
Nobuhara Satoru [jp]	信原聖	March 28, 1945	August 15, 1945	Tenure ended with Korean independence