, alternatively Kankyōnan Province or South Kankyō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Kankō (Hamhung). The province mainly consisted of modern-day South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, with additional surrounding territories. It was the site of gold mining and a leader of stock farmed cattle and pigs.
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
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 August 14, 1926 – January 21, 1929 Naichijin Mano Seiichi January 21, 1929 – December 11, 1929 Naichijin Matsui Fusajirō December 11, 1929 – November 12, 1930 Naichijin Sekimizu Takeshi November 12, 1930 – August 4, 1933 Naichijin Hagiwara Hikozō August 4, 1933 – February 4, 1935 Naichijin Yunomura Tatsujirō February 4, 1935 – October 16, 1936 Naichijin Sasagawa Kyōzaburō October 16, 1936 – September 2, 1940 Naichijin Shingai Hajime September 2, 1940 – May 31, 1941 Naichijin Dange Ikutarō May 31, 1941 – April 7, 1942 Naichijin Seto Michikazu April 7, 1942 – December 1, 1943 Naichijin Yagyū Shigeo December 1, 1943 – February 14, 1945 Naichijin Kishi Yūichi February 14, 1945 – August 15, 1945 Tenure ended with Korea's independence
References
See also Provinces of Korea Governor-General of Chōsen Administrative divisions of Korea National Geographic December 1945 map