Shinchiku Prefecture

Shinchiku Prefecture
新竹州
Shinchiku Prefecture 新竹州
Shinchiku-shū
1920-1952
	; The Shinchiku Prefecture government building was constructed in 1915 and now serves as the Hsinchu City Government building
Capital	Hsinchu
Population
• 1941	838.011
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	1920
• Disestablished	25 October 1945
• Treaty of San Francisco	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	1 city (市); 8 districts (郡)
Today part of	Hsinchu City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County

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

Total population	838.011
Japanese	20.693
Taiwanese	815.274
Koreans	150
Other	1.894
1941 (Showa 16) census.

Administrative divisions

Cities and districts

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

Cities (市 shi)			Districts (郡 gun)
Name	Kanji	Kana	Name	Kanji	Kana
Shinchiku City	新竹市	しんちくし	Shinchiku District	新竹郡	しんちくぐん
			Chūreki District	中壢郡	ちゅうれきぐん
			Tōen District	桃園郡	とうえんぐん
			Daikei District	大溪郡	たいけいぐん
			Chikutō District	竹東郡	ちくとうぐん
			Chikunan District	竹南郡	ちくなんぐん
			Byōritsu District	苗栗郡	びょうりつぐん
			Taiko District	大湖郡	たいこぐん

Towns and villages

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

District	Name	Kanji	Notes
Shinchiku 新竹郡	Shimpo town	新埔街	Today Xinpu Township
	Kansai town	關西街	Today Guanxi Township
	Chikuhoku village	竹北庄	Today Zhubei City
	Kōmō village	紅毛庄	Today Xinfeng Township
	Kokō village	湖口庄	Today Hukou Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today part of Guanxi Township
	Shinchiku town	新竹街	Upgraded to a city in 1930. Today Hsinchu
	Kyūminato village	旧港庄	Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village
	Rokka village	六家庄	Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village
	Kōzan village	香山庄	Abolished in 1941, annexed into Shinchiku City. Today Xiangshan District
Chūreki 中壢郡	Chūreki town	中壢街	Today Zhongli District
	Yōbai town	楊梅街	Today Yangmei District
	Heichin village	平鎮庄	Today Pingzhen District
	Shin'oku village	新屋庄	Today Xinwu District
	Kan'on village	觀音庄	Today Guanyin District
Tōen 桃園郡	Tōen town	桃園街	Today Taoyuan District
	Rochiku village	蘆竹庄	Today Luzhu District
	Ōsono village	大園庄	Today Dayuan District
	Kameyama village	龜山庄	Today Guishan District
	Hachikai village	八塊庄	Today Bade District
Daikei 大渓郡	Daikei town	大溪街	Today Daxi District
	Ryūtan village	龍潭庄	Today Longtan District
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today Fuxing District
Chikutō 竹東郡	Chikutō town	竹東街	Today Zhudong Township
	Kyūrin village	芎林庄	Today Qionglin Township
	Yokoyama village	橫山庄	Today Hengshan Township
	Hoppo village	北埔庄	Today Beipu Township
	Gabi village	峨嵋庄	Today Emei Township
	Hōzan village	寶山庄	Today Baoshan Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today Jianshi Township and Wufeng Township
Chikunan 竹南郡	Chikunan town	竹南街	Today Zhunan Township
	Tōfun town	頭份街	Today Toufen Township
	Sanwan village	三灣庄	Today Sanwan Township
	Nan village	南庄	Today Nanzhuang Township
	Zōkyō village	造橋庄	Today Zaoqiao Township
	Kōryū village	後龍庄	Today Houlong Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today part of Nanzhuang Township
Byōritsu 苗栗郡	Byōritsu town	苗栗街	Today Miaoli City
	Enri town	苑裡街	Today Yuanli Township
	Tōoku village	頭屋庄	Today Touwu Township
	Kōkan village	公館庄	Today Gongguan Township
	Dora village	銅鑼庄	Today Tongluo Township
	Sansa village	三叉庄	Today Sanyi Township
	Tsūshō village	通霄庄	Today Tongxiao Township
	Shiko village	四湖庄	Today Sihu Township
Taiko 大湖郡	Taiko village	大湖庄	Today Dahu Township
	Shitan village	獅潭庄	Today Shitan Township
	Takuran village	卓蘭庄	Today Zhuolan Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today Tai'an Township

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)