• Source: 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






Administrative divisions






= Cities and districts

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




= Towns and villages

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




Shintō 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




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

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