was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City,

Hsinchu County Hsinchu County ( Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, wh ...

Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the south-e ...

, and Miaoli County.

Population

1941 ( Showa 16) census *Total population: 838,011 **Japanese 20,693 **Taiwanese 815,274 **Korean 150 **Other 1,894

Administrative divisions

Cities and districts

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

Towns and villages

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 Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen. Name Literally, ''Zhúnán'' () means "bamboo south" but in this context, ''zhú'' is short for " Hsinchu". T ...

Taigo Shrine Taigo Vital Amorim de Araujo, commonly known as Taigo (born 28 May 1997) is a Brazilian football defender playing for Portuguese side CD Operário in the Liga Meo Azores. Career Taigo was born in Telêmaco Borba,Chikutō Shrine

National Parks

Tsugitaka Taroko National Park Taroko National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is lo ...

(established 12 December 1937)

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 Sheu Yuan-dong (22 May 1927 – 16 February 1998) was a Taiwanese politician who served as the 15th governor of Taiwan's central bank from 1995 until his death in 1998. On 16 February 1998, he was killed in the crash of China Airlines Flight 67 ...

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 China Airlines Flight 676 (CAL676, CI676) was a scheduled international passenger flight. On Monday, 16 February 1998, the Airbus A300 jet airliner operating the flight crashed into a road and residential area in Tayuan, Taoyuan County (now Taoyu ...

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