Gyeongseong

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Gyeongseong was the Japanese colonial-era name for Seoul, which served as the administrative and political center of Korea under Japanese rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gyeongseong canonical 5
Hanseong 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era name ⓘ
exonym ⓘ
historical city name ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
associatedWith Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
capitalOf Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
colonialPower Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
country Korea ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
historicalContext Japanese occupation of Korea ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Korea ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Seoul ⓘ
modernName Seoul ⓘ
nameType colonial toponym ⓘ
partOf Japanese colonial administration in Korea ⓘ
politicalCenterOf Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
predecessor Hanseong ⓘ
replacedBy Seoul as official name ⓘ
role administrative center ⓘ
colonial capital ⓘ
political center ⓘ
romanizationVariant Keijō ⓘ
significance center of colonial governance in Korea ⓘ
startTime 1910 ⓘ
successor Seoul ⓘ
topLevelAdministrativeUnit Government-General of Korea ⓘ
usedBy Japanese colonial administration ⓘ
usedDuringPeriod Japanese rule over Korea ⓘ
Korean Empire annexation period ⓘ
usedInScripts Hangul ⓘ
Kanji ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean Empire → capital → Hanseong ⓘ
linked to: Gyeongseong
Seoul Special City → formerName → Gyeongseong ⓘ
Lee Maeng-hee → placeOfBirth → Gyeongseong ⓘ
Gyeongseong Creature → settingPlace → Gyeongseong ⓘ
Yonhi College → locatedIn → Gyeongseong ⓘ