Taichū Prefecture

Prefecture of Taiwan under Japanese rule

Taichū Prefecture (1925)

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]

Population

Population statistics of permanent residents in Taichū Prefecture in 1941:

Administrative divisions

Cities and Districts

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

Towns and Villages

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

See also

• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)
• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Administrative divisions of the Republic of China

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.