20世紀 江陵의 行政區域 變遷

Abstract

Studies on the change of jurisdiction of Gangneung have been remained in the step of introducing brief history of Gangneung city. When we say 'history', we take interest in the past such as ancient countries, Goryeo, and Joseon, and no interest in the modem history. We need to take a look into the changes in the jurisdiction of Gangneung city during the 20th century with a view to constituting the concrete features of the previous times just prior to what we are now, which we think is very helpful in the field of Study on Gangneung. I divided 20th century into 3 period ; Daehan Empire, Japanese occupation, and post-liberation, and based on my references ; A fuok on Gangneung(Gangneung Gunji), Report on living conditions of Gangneug, Revised edition of a book on Imyeong(Imyeong Ji), Dongho Seungram, and other materials concerning jurisdiction changes, traced the processes and the characteristics found in the jurisdiction changes as a whole, and ultimately tried to pave a way to reconstitute variety of changes of Gangneung city during the 20th century. Administrative jurisdiction of Gangneung in the period of Daehan Empire was composed of 24 myeon, which was very different from what it is now. In that times, Gangneung was a capital city of Yeongdong area in large means, placing 9 counties, as it were Gangwon east province, under control, which includes 1-2 myeons of Jeongseon, Pyeongchang, Hongcheon, and Donghae. In 1931 under the Japanese occupation, Gangneung-myeon was elevated to eup, which composed of 1 eup and 11 myeons. In 1940, Silli-myeon was raised to the status of Jurnunjin-eup, and in 1942 Mangsang-myeon to Mukho-eup. During that times, the jurisdiction of Gangneung was mainly for the colonial rule. In 1955 during the post-liberation era, it was elevated to a city and divided into Gangneung city and Myeongju county, and in 1980 Mukho-eup was