was a former province of

Korea under Japanese rule Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offic ...

, with its capital at Taikyū (contemporary Daegu, South Korea). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of

North Gyeongsang North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census: * Overall population: 2,454,275 people ** Japanese: 49,887 people ** Koreans: 2,402,970 people ** Other: 1,418 people

Administrative divisions

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

Cities

*Taikyū (大邱) - (capital):

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

(대구). present

Daegu Metropolitan City Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

Counties

* Tatsujō (달성) * Gun'i (군위) * Gijō (의성) * Antō (안동) * Seishō (청송) * Eiyō (영양) *

Eitoku was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kōryaku and before Shitoku. This period spanned the years from February 1381 to February 1384. The empero ...

(영덕) * Geijitsu (영일. 현 포항) * Keishū (경주) * Eisen (영천) *

Keizan Keizan Jōkin (, 1268–1325), also known as Taiso Jōsai Daishi, is considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. While Dōgen, as founder of Japanese Sōtō, is known as , Keizan is often referred to as . Keiza ...

(경산) * Seidō (청도) * Kōrei (고령) * Seishū (성주) * Shikkoku (칠곡) * Kinsen (김천) * Zenzan (선산. 현 구미) * Shōshū (상주) * Bunkei (문경) * Reisen (예천) * Eishū (영주) * Hōka (봉화)

Islands

* Utsuryō Island (울릉)

Provincial governors