Keijō

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Keijō-fu 京城府
Former administrative district of Korea, Empire of Japan
Emblem of Keijo
English map of Keijō made by Imperial Japanese Government Railways in 1913
Population
• 1940	1,142,000
Today part of	South Korea

Keijō
Japanese name
Kanji	京城府
Hiragana	けいじょうふ
Romanization	Keijō-fu
Korean name
Hangul	경성부, 게이조부
Hanja	京城府
Revised Romanization	Gyeongseong-bu, Geijo-bu
McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏngsŏng-bu, Keijo-pu

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.

History

When the

but was torn down in 1995.

Honmachi

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

Demographics

Population of Keijō (1910–1940)

Year	Population
1910	197,000[2]
1920	251,000[2]
1930	677,000[2]
1940	1,142,000[2]

See also

• Names of Seoul

References