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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: 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 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.). 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

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

Demographics

See also

• Names of Seoul

References

1. Yu, Woo-Ik; Lee, Chan (4 November 2019). "Seoul". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
2. ^ "Seoul Statistical Yearbook". Statesman's Yearbook and World Atlases. 2000. Archived from the original on October 26, 2000.

v t e Korea under Japanese rule
Colony of the Empire of Japan from 1910 to 1945
Government	Governor-General of Chōsen (list) Japanese Korean Army
Cultural policies	Chōsen Art Exhibition (1922–1944) Chosun Exhibition (1929) Colored Clothes Campaign (1920–1945) Office of the Yi Dynasty Sōshi-kaimei (1939–1945) Shinto in Korea State Shinto
Economy	Bank of Chōsen Hwacheon Dam Korean yen Sup'ung Dam Companies Chōsen Anthracite Company Chōsen Government Railway Chosen Railway Oriental Development Company
Controversies	Comfort women (list) Sakhalin Koreans Forced labor Aso Mining forced labor controversy Hashima Island Korean Women's Volunteer Labour Corps Sado Island Slavery during World War II Utoro, Uji Events 105-Man Incident (1911) March First Movement (1919) Jeamri Massacre (1919) Battle of Fengwudong (1920) Battle of Samdunja Battle of Qingshanli (1920) Gando Massacre (1920–1921) Shinano River incident (1922) Kantō Massacre (1923) June Tenth Movement (1926) Gwangju Student Independence Movement (1929) Hongkou Park Incident (1932) Battle of Pochonbo (1937) Korean Language Society Incident (1942) Collaborators Five Eulsa Traitors Hong Sa-ik Iljinhoe Korean History Compilation Committee Park Yeong-hyo Refrain Club Park Jung-yang Song Byeong-jun Yi Yun-yong Independence movement Declaration of Independence Independence Club Korean National Association List of militant independence organizations List of independence activists Provisional Government
Places and structures	Altteureu Airfield Gyeongbokgung Government-General Museum of Chōsen Heijō Shrine Hyochang Park Japanese General Government Building, Seoul Keijō (Seoul) Keijō Post Office Keijō Shrine Keijō Imperial University Seodaemun Prison
Legacy	Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine Japan–Korea disputes Japan–North Korea relations Japan–South Korea relations Japanese history textbook controversies List of war apology statements issued by Japan Division of Korea (1945–) Koreans in Japan (1945–) Hibakusha (1945–) Treaty of San Francisco (1952) Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea (1965) Independence Hall of Korea (1987–) Murayama Statement (1995) Special Law to Redeem Pro-Japanese Collaborators' Property (2005) Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea (2018–) Comfort women Futsukaichi Rest Home (1946–1947) The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (1990–) Wednesday demonstration (1992–) Kono Statement (1993) Asian Women's Fund (1994) Shimonoseki Trial (1998) Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery (2000) United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 (2007) Japan–South Korea Comfort Women Agreement (2015)

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