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, alternatively Heian'nan Province or South Heian Province, was a province of
Korea under Japanese rule From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...
. Its capital was at Heijō. The province consisted of modern-day
South Pyongan South Pyongan Province (; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is Pyon ...
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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
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Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census: * Overall population: 1,434,540 people ** Japanese: 39,094 people ** Koreans: 1,390,298 people ** Other: 5,148 people


Administrative divisions


Cities

* Heijō (capital) * Chin'nanpo


Counties

*
Daidō was a after ''Enryaku'' and before '' Kōnin.'' This period spanned the years from May 806 through September 810. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * November 16, 806 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series o ...
* Junsen * Mōzan * Yōtoku * Seisen *
Kōtō is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2025, the ward has an estimated population of 543,730, and a population density of . The total ...
* Chūwa * Ryūkō * Kōsei * Heigen * Anshū * Kaisen * Tokusen * Neietsu


Provincial governors

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


See also

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Provinces of Korea Korea has had administrative districts that can be considered provinces since the 7th century. These divisions were initially called ''ju'' () in Unified Silla and Later Baekje, and there were nine in total. After Goryeo conquered these states in t ...
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Governor-General of Chōsen The Governor-General of Chōsen (; ) was the chief administrator of the : a part of an administrative organ established by the Imperial government of Japan. The position existed from 1910 to 1945. The governor-general of Chōsen was established ...
* Administrative divisions of Korea {{coord missing, Japan Former provinces of Japan in Korea