Shinchiku Prefecture

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

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

• Shinchiku City ()
• Shinchiku District ()
• ChÅ«reki District ()
• Tōen District ()
• Daikei District ()
• Chikutō District ()
• Chikunan District ()
• Byōritsu District ()
• Taiko District ()

Towns and villages

The districts are divided into towns () and villages ().

Shintō shrines

• Shinchiku Shrine
• TsÅ«shō Shrine
• Tōen Shrine (now Taoyuan County Martyr's Shrine)
• Byōritsu Shrine
• ChÅ«reki Shrine
• Tōfun Shrine
• Chikunan Shrine
• Taigo Shrine
• Chikutō Shrine

Famous people

List of notable people born in Shinchiku Prefecture during Japanese rule:

• Peter Huang (, independence activist, social commentator in Japan, chairman of Amnesty International Taiwan in the late 2000s) (born 2 October 1937)
• Sheu Yuan-dong (, 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