Kōgen Province

Kōgen Province
江原道
Former province of Korea, Empire of Japan

CapitalShunsen
History 
 Established
29 August 1910
 Disestablished
15 August 1945
Today part ofSouth Korea
North Korea

Kōgen-dō (江原道; Korean: 강원도), alternatively Kōgen Province, was a province of Korea under Japanese rule. Its capital was Shunsen (Chuncheon). The province corresponds to the combination of the modern Kangwon Province, North Korea and Gangwon Province, South Korea.