Zenranan Province
Defunct Japanese colonial province in Chōsen (Korea)
Zenranan-dō (全羅南道; Korean: 전라남도), alternatively Zenranan Province or South Zenra Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Kōshū (Gwangju). The province consisted of what are now the South Korean provinces of South Jeolla and Jeju.
Population
Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
Overall population: 2,416,341 people
Japanese: 44,154 people
Koreans: 2,370,853 people
Other: 1,334 people
Administrative divisions
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:
Cities
Kōshū (capital)
Moppo
Counties
Islands
Saishū Island
Provincial governors
The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.
The public source identifies “Zenranan Province” as defunct Japanese colonial province in Chōsen (Korea). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zenranan, Province and Defunct.
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