Shinchiku Prefecture

Nihongo|Shinchiku Prefecture|新竹州|shinchiku-shū was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern day Hsinchu, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu County, and Miaoli County.

Population

1941 (Showa 16) census.
*Total population: 838,011
**Japanese 20,693
**Taiwanese 815,274
**Korean 150
**Other 1,894

Administrative divisions

In 1945 (Showa 20), there were one city and eight districts.

City (-市 "-shi")

*Shinchiku-shi (新竹市)

Districts (-郡 "-gun")

*Shinchiku district (新竹郡)
**Shimpu town (新埔街)
**Kansai town (関西街)
**Chikuhoku village (竹北庄)
**Kōmō village 紅毛庄
**Koguchi village (湖口庄)
**Savage land (蕃地)
**Shinchiku town (新竹街) (Upgraded to a city in 1930)
**Kyuu minato village (旧港庄) (Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village)
**Rokka village (六家庄) (Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village)
**Kōzan village (香山庄) （Abolished in 1941, annexed into Shinchiku-shi）
*Chūreki district (中壢郡)
**Chūreki town (中壢街)
**Yōbai town (楊梅街)
**Heichin village (平鎮庄)
**Shin'oku village (新屋庄)
**Kannon village (観音庄)
*Tōen-gun (桃園郡)
**Tōen town (桃園街)
**Rochiku village (蘆竹庄)
**Daien village (大園庄)
**Kameyama village (亀山庄)
**Hachitoku village (八塊庄)
*Daikei district (大渓郡)
**Daikei town (大渓街)
**Ryūtan village (龍潭庄)
**Savage lands (蕃地)
*Chikutō district (竹東郡)
**Chikutō town (竹東街)
**Kyūrin village (芎林庄)
**Yokoyama village (横山庄)
**Hokufu village (北埔庄)
**Gabi village (峨嵋庄)
**Takarayama village (宝山庄)
**Savage land (蕃地)
*Chikunan district (竹南郡)
**Chikunan town (竹南街)
**Tōfun town (頭份街)
**Sanwan village (三湾庄)
**Minami village (南庄)
**Zōkyō village (造橋庄)
**Kōryū village (後龍庄)
**Savage land (蕃地)
*Byōritsu district (苗栗郡)
**Byōritsu town (苗栗街)
**Enri town (苑裡街)
**Tō'oku village (頭屋庄)
**Kōkan village (公館庄)
**Dora village (銅鑼庄)
**Sansa village (三叉庄)
**Tōfun village (通霄庄)
**Shiko village (四湖庄)
*Taigo district (大湖郡)
**Taigo village (大湖庄)
**Shitan village (獅潭庄)
**Takuran village (卓蘭庄)
**Savage land (蕃地)

hintō shrines

*Shinchiku Shrine
*Tsūshō Shrine
*Tōen Shrine (now Taoyuan County Martyr's Shrine)
*Byōritsu Shrine
*Chūreki Shrine
*Tōfun Shrine
*Chikunan Shrine
*Taigo Shrine
*Chikutō Shrine

National Parks

*Tsugitaka Taroko National Park (established December 12, 1937)

Famous people

List of notable people born in Shinchiku Prefecture during Japanese rule.
*Peter Huang 黄文雄 (politician, independence activist, social commentator in Japan) (born October 2, 1937)

ee also

*Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945)
*Governor-General of Taiwan
*Taiwan under Japanese rule
*Administrative divisions of the Republic of China
*Hsinchu
*Taoyuan County
*Hsinchu County
*Miaoli County