Shinchiku Prefecture
Shinchiku Prefecture (新竹州, shinchiku-shuu) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial rule. The prefecture consisted of modern day Hsinchu, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu County, and Miaoli County.
Population
- Total population: 838,011
- Japanese 20,693
- Taiwanese 815,274
- Korean 150
- Other 1,894
Administrative division
In 1945 (Showa 20), there was one city and eight districts.
City (-市 -shi)
- Shinchiku-shi (新竹市)
Districts (-郡 -gun)
- Shinchiku-gun (新竹郡)
- 新埔街
- Kansai-machi (関西街)
- 竹北庄
- 紅毛庄
- 湖口庄
- 蕃地
- Shinchiku-machi (新竹街 upgraded to Shinchiku-shi in 1930)
- 旧港庄
- 六家庄（いずれも1941年廃庄され、竹北庄となった）
- 香山庄（1941年新竹市に編入、廃庄された）
- Chūreki-gun (中壢郡)
- Chūreki-machi (中壢街)
- 楊梅街
- 平鎮庄
- 新屋庄
- 観音庄
- Tōen-gun (桃園郡)
- Tōen-machi (桃園街)
- 蘆竹庄
- 大園庄
- 亀山庄
- 八塊庄
- 大渓郡
- 大渓街
- 龍潭庄
- 蕃地
- Chikutō-gun (竹東郡)
- Chikutō-machi (竹東街)
- 芎林庄
- Yokoyama-shō (横山庄)
- 北埔庄
- 峨嵋庄
- 宝山庄
- 蕃地
- 竹南郡
- Chikunan-machi (竹南街)
- Tōfun-machi (頭份街)
- Sanwan-shō (三湾庄)
- Minami-shō (南庄)
- 造橋庄
- 後龍庄
- 蕃地
- Byōritsu-gun (苗栗郡)
- Byōritsu-machi (苗栗街)
- 苑裡街
- 頭屋庄
- 公館庄
- 銅鑼庄
- 三叉庄
- 通霄庄
- 四湖庄
- Taigo-gun (大湖郡)
- Taigo-shō (大湖庄)
- 獅潭庄
- 卓蘭庄
- 蕃地
Shinto 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)