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Keijō
Seoul during Japanese rule / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Quick Facts 京城府, Population ...
Keijō-fu 京城府 | |
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Former administrative district of Korea, Empire of Japan | |
![]() English map of Keijō made by Imperial Japanese Government Railways in 1913 | |
Population | |
• 1940 | 1,142,000 |
Today part of | South Korea |
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Quick Facts Japanese name, Kanji ...
Keijō | |
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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 |
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