Shinchiku Prefecture

The Shinchiku Prefecture government building was constructed in 1915 and now serves as the Hsinchu City Government building.

Shinchiku Prefecture

Shinchiku Prefecture (新竹州, Shinchiku-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, 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[]

Cities and districts[]

In 1945 (Showa 20), there were 1 cities and 8 districts under Shinchiku Prefecture.

Towns and villages[]

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)

Shintō shrines[]

• (now Taoyuan County Martyr's Shrine)

National Parks[]

• Tsugitaka Taroko National Park (established 12 December 1937)

Famous people[]

List of notable people born in Shinchiku Prefecture during Japanese rule:

• Peter Huang 黄文雄 (independence activist, social commentator in Japan, chairman of Amnesty International Taiwan in the late 2000s) (born 2 October 1937)
• Sheu Yuan-dong 許遠東 (politician, 14th governor of Taiwan's central bank) (born 22 May 1927, died 16 February 1998 in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676)

See also[]

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