Keijō
{{Short description|Seoul during Japanese rule}}
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{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Keijō
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| kanji = 京城府
| hiragana = けいじょうふ
| romaji = Keijō-fu
| hangul = 경성부, 게이조부
| hanja = 京城府
| rr = Gyeongseong-bu, Geijo-bu
| mr = Kyŏngsŏng-bu, Keijo-bu
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{{Nihongo|Keijō|京城|lead=yes}}, or Gyeongseong ({{Korean|hangul=경성}}), was an administrative district of Korea under Japanese rule that corresponds to the present Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
History
{{Main|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 ({{lang|ja|京城}}; {{Korean|hangul=경성|rr=Gyeongseong|mr=Kyŏngsŏng|labels=no}}, literally meaning "capital city" in Hanja.).{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Seoul|title=Seoul|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|last1=Yu|first1=Woo-Ik|last2=Lee|first2=Chan|date=4 November 2019|access-date=4 July 2020}} Keijō was an urban city ({{Korean|hangul=부|hanja=府|labels=no}}) that had 2 wards: Keijō itself and Ryusan-ku (龍山區, {{lang|ko|용산구}}, {{lang|ja|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=
The central district of Gyeongseong was Honmachi, present-day Chungmu-ro.
Demographics
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|+ Population of Keijō (1910–1940) | |
Year | Population |
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1910 | 197,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-seoul-pop.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001026075526/http://www.demographia.com/db-seoul-pop.htm|url-status=dead|title=Seoul Statistical Yearbook|date=2000|archive-date=October 26, 2000|work=Statesman's Yearbook and World Atlases}} |
1920 | 251,000 |
1930 | 677,000 |
1940 | 1,142,000 |
See also
{{Portal|Japan}}
References
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{{Korea under Japanese rule}}
{{Gaichi}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Korea-stub}}
{{Japan-hist-stub}}