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Kankyōhoku Prefecture

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Kankyōhoku-dō
咸鏡北道
Former province of Chōsen

CapitalSeishin
Population 
• 1936
813,893
Preceded by
Succeeded by
North Hamgyong Province
Soviet Civil Administration
Today part ofNorth Korea
Kankyō-hoku Provincial Office

Kankyōhoku-dō (咸鏡北道, Kankyōhoku Province, Kankyo Hoku, or North Kankyō Province) is a former Korean province, one of the administrative divisions of Chōsen. Its capital was Seishin. The province consisted what is now the North Korean province of North Hamgyong, as well as parts of neighboring provinces.[1]

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:

  • Overall population: 813,893 people
    • Japanese: 45,433 people
    • Koreans: 762,071 people
    • Other: 6,389 people

Administrative divisions

Cities

Counties

See also

References