Taitung Prefecture () was a division of Taiwan Province, which was created after 1887 during Qing rule. The prefecture's seat of government, originally at Tsui-be (æ°´å°¾; modern-day Ruisui, Hualien), was moved to Pi-lam (Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ; modern-day Taitung City) in 1888. Plan to establish the sub-prefectures of Pi-lam () and Hoe-lian-kang () was aborted.
In 1895, with the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the successful Japanese invasion of Taiwan, the prefecture was reorganized as Taità  Chà  in 1897 under Japanese rule.