Keijō

Keijō (京城), or Gyeongseong (Korean: 경성), was an administrative district of Korea under Japanese rule that corresponds to the present Seoul, the capital of South Korea.[1]

Keijō-fu
京城府
Former administrative district of Korea
Emblem of Keijo of
Emblem of Keijo

Map of Keijo in 1937
Population 
• 1940
1,142,000
History
Today part ofSouth Korea
Keijō
Japanese name
Kanji京城府
Hiraganaけいじょうふ
RomanizationKeijō-fu
Korean name
Hangul경성부, 게이조부
Hanja京城府
Revised RomanizationGyeongseong-bu, Geijo-bu
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngsŏng-bu, Keijo-pu
Map of Keijō circa 1930
Namdaemun Street in 1937

History
Main article: History of Seoul

When the Empire of Japan annexed the Korean Empire, it made Seoul the colonial capital. While under colonial rule (1910–1945), the city was called Keijō (京城); (경성; Gyeongseong; Kyŏngsŏng, literally meaning "capital city" in Hanja.).[2] Keijō was an urban city (부/府) that had 2 wards: Keijō itself and Ryusan-ku (龍山區, 용산구, りゅうさんく). Gyeongseong was part of Gyeonggi Province, instead of being an independent city or prefecture as in Joseon and present days. In 1914, several outer districts of the prefecture were annexed to neighboring Goyang County (now Goyang City, reducing the administrative size of the prefecture. In 1936, Gyeongseong expanded itself as it annexed Yeongdeungpo from Siehung County (Now Siehung City) and recombined some parts of former Gyeongseong districts (Sungin, Yeonghee, etc.) from Goyang County. The Government-General Building served as the seat of the colonial government of Colonial Korea but was torn down in 1995.

Honmachi
Honmachi
Japanese name
Kanji本町
Hiraganaほんまち
RomanizationHommachi
Korean name
Hangul혼마치
Hanja本町
Revised RomanizationHonmachi
McCune–ReischauerHonmach'i

The central district of Gyeongseong was Honmachi, present-day Chungmu-ro.

Demographics
Population of Keijō (1910–1940)
YearPopulation
1910197,000[3]
1920251,000[3]
1930677,000[3]
19401,142,000[3]

See also

References
  1. ko:경성부, <Global World Encyclopedia>-(Seoul of Korea under Japanese rule)
  2. Yu, Woo-Ik; Lee, Chan (4 November 2019). "Seoul". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "Seoul Statistical Yearbook". Statesman's Yearbook and World Atlases. 2000. Archived from the original on October 26, 2000.
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