Taichū Prefecture

Taichū Prefecture (台中州, Taichū-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Japanese Taiwan. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taichung City, Changhua County and Nantou County. It is also the origin of the name of modern-day Taichung. The Taichū Prefecture was the scene of the 1930 Musha Incident, the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan.[1]

Taichū Prefecture (1925)
The Taichū Prefecture government building now serves as the Taichung city government building.

Population
Total population1,380,187
Japanese46,371
Taiwanese1,329,620
Koreans333
1941 (Showa 16) census.

Administrative divisions

Cities and Districts

In 1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 2 cities and 11 districts.

Cities (市 shi)Districts (郡 gun)
NameKanjiKanaNameKanjiKana
Taichū City台中市たいちゅうしDaiton District大屯郡だいとんぐん
Toyohara District豐原郡とよはらぐん
Tōsei District東勢郡とうせいぐん
Taikō District大甲郡たいこうぐん
Shōka City彰化市しょうかしShōka District彰化郡しょうかぐん
Inrin District員林郡いんりんぐん
Hokuto District北斗郡ほくとぐん
Nantō District南投郡なんとうぐん
Niitaka District新高郡にいたかぐん
Nōkō District能高郡のうこうぐん
Takeyama District竹山郡たけやまぐん

Towns and Villages

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

DistrictNameKanjiNotes
Daiton
大屯郡		 Ōsato village大里庄Today Dali District
Muhō village霧峰庄Today Wufeng District
Ōtaira village大平庄Today Taiping District
Hokuton village北屯庄Today Beitun District
Saiton village西屯庄Today Xitun District
Nanton village南屯庄Today Nantun District
Ujitsu village烏日庄Today Wuri District
Toyohara
豐原郡		 Toyohara town豐原街Today Fengyuan District
Kamioka village神岡庄Today Shengang District
Daiga village大雅庄Today Daya District
Naiho village內埔庄Today Houli District
Tansi village潭子庄Today Tanzi District
Tōsei
東勢郡		 Tōsei town東勢街Today Dongshi District
Isioka village石岡庄Today Shigang District
Shinsha village新社庄Today Xinshe District
Aboriginal Area蕃地Today Heping District
Taikō
大甲郡		 Taikō town大甲街Today Dajia District
Kiyomizu town清水街Today Qingshui District
Gosei town梧棲街Today Wuqi District
Gaiho village外埔庄Today Waipu District
Daian village大安庄Today Da'an District
Sharoku village沙鹿庄Today Shalu District
Tatsui village龍井庄Today Longjing District
Taito village大肚庄Today Dadu District
Shōka
彰化郡		 Rokkō town鹿港街Today Lukang Township
Wabi town和美街Today Hemei Township
Sensai village線西庄Today Xianxi Township and Shengang Township
Hukkō village福興庄Today Fuxing Township
Shūsui village秀水庄Today Xiushui Township
Kadan village花壇庄Today Huatan Township
Hun'en village芬園庄Today Fenyuan Township
Shōka town彰化街Upgraded to a city in 1933. Today Changhua City
Ōtake village大竹庄Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City
Nankaku village南郭庄Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City
Inrin
員林郡		 Inrin town員林街Today Yuanlin Township
Keko town溪湖街Today Xihu Township
Tanaka town田中街Today Tianzhong Township
Ōmura village大村庄Today Dacun Township
Hoen village埔鹽庄Today Puyan Township
Hashin village坡心庄Today Puxin Township
Eisei village永靖庄Today Yongjing Township
Shatō village社頭庄Today Shetou Township
Nisui village二水庄Today Ershui Township
Hokuto
北斗郡		 Hokuto town北斗街Today Yuanlin Township
Jirin town二林街Today Erlin Township
Tao village田尾庄Today Tianwei Township
Hitō village埤頭庄Today Pitou Township
Sunayama village沙山庄Today Fangyuan Township
Ōshiro village大城庄Today Dacheng Township
Chikutō village竹塘庄Today Zhutang Township
Keishū village溪州庄Today Xizhou Township
Nantō
南投郡		 Nantō town南投街Today Nantou City
Sōton town草屯街Today Caotun Township
Chūryō village中寮庄Today Zhongliao Township
Nama village名間庄Today Mingjian Township
Niitaka
新高郡		 Shūshū town集集街Today Jiji Township and Shuili Township
Gyochi village魚池庄Today Yuchi Township
Aboriginal Area蕃地Today Xinyi Township
Nōkō
能高郡		 Hori town埔里街Today Puli Township
Kokusei village國姓庄Today Guoxing Township
Aboriginal Area蕃地Today Ren'ai Township
Takeyama
竹山郡		 Takeyama town竹山街Today Zhushan Township
Shikatani village鹿谷庄Today Lugu Township

See also

References
  1. Morris, A.D. (2015). Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy. SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-4725-7674-3. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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