Keishōhoku Prefecture

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Keishōhoku-dō 慶尚北道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan
Capital	Taikyū
History
• Established	29 August 1910
• Disestablished	15 August 1945
Today part of	South Korea Japan and North Korea (due to claim over Liancourt Rocks)

Keishōhoku-dō (慶尚北道, Korean: 경상북도), alternatively Keishōhoku Province, Keisho Hoku, or North Keishō Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was at Taikyū (Daegu). The province consisted of what is now the South Korean province of North Gyeongsang and Daegu Metropolitan City.

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

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

• Taikyū (大邱) - (capital): Daegu (대구). present Daegu Metropolitan City.

• Utsuryō Island (울릉)

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

• Provinces of Korea
• Governor-General of Chōsen
• Administrative divisions of Korea