{{Short description|Prefecture of Taiwan under Japanese rule}} {{One source|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox former subdivision | native_name = {{nobold|台中州 (臺中州)}} | conventional_long_name = Taichū Prefecture | common_name = Taichū | subdivision = Prefecture | nation = [[Empire of Japan]] | status_text = Taichū-shū | capital = [[Taichung]] | life_span = 1920–1952 | latd = | latm = | latNS = | longd = | longm = | longEW = | national_motto = | national_anthem = | image_map = Er nd 1013 Taichung.jpg | image_map_caption = The Taichū Prefecture government building now serves as the Taichung city government building. | era = {{nowrap|[[Taiwan under Japanese rule]]}} | year_start = 1920 | date_end = 25 October | year_end = 1945 | date_post = 28 April 1952 | event_post = [[Treaty of San Francisco]] | stat_year1 = 1941 | stat_area1 = | stat_pop1 = 1,380,187 | political_subdiv = 2 cities (市)<br/>11 district (郡) | today = [[Taichung]], [[Changhua County]], [[Nantou County]] | demonym = }} [[File:1925 Taichu Shu.svg|thumb|Taichū Prefecture (1925)]] {{Nihongo|'''Taichū Prefecture'''|台中州|Taichū-shū}} was one of the administrative divisions of [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese Taiwan]]. The prefecture consisted of modern-day [[Taichung City]], [[Changhua County]] and [[Nantou County]]. It is also the origin of the name of modern-day Taichung. The Taichū Prefecture was the scene of the 1930 [[Musha Incident]], the last major [[Rebellion|uprising]] against colonial [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces in Japanese Taiwan.<ref name="Morris 2015">{{cite book | last = Morris | first = A.D. | title = Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy | publisher = Bloomsbury Publishing | series = SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-1-4725-7674-3 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jqwKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 | access-date = 17 April 2019 | page = 195 }}</ref>

== Population == Population statistics of permanent residents in Taichū Prefecture in 1941: {| class="wikitable" ! Total population || 1,380,187 |- | [[Japanese people|Japanese]] || 46,371 |- | [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] || 1,329,620 |- | [[Korean people|Koreans]] || 333 |- | colspan="2" | <small>1941 ([[Shōwa period|Showa]] 16) census.</small> |}

== Administrative divisions == === Cities and Districts === In 1945 ([[Shōwa period|Shōwa]] 20), there were 2 cities and 11 districts. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" | Cities (市 ''shi'') !! colspan=3 | Districts (郡 ''gun'') |- ! Name !! [[Kanji]] !! [[Kana]] !! Name !! [[Kanji]] !! [[Kana]] |- | rowspan="4" | Taichū City || rowspan=4 | 台中市 || rowspan=4 | たいちゅうし || Daiton District || 大屯郡 || だいとんぐん |- | Toyohara District || 豐原郡 || とよはらぐん |- | Tōsei District || 東勢郡 || とうせいぐん |- | Taikō District || 大甲郡 || たいこうぐん |- | rowspan="7" | Shōka City || rowspan=7 | 彰化市 || rowspan=7 | しょうかし || Shōka District || 彰化郡 || しょうかぐん |- | Inrin District || 員林郡 || いんりんぐん |- | Hokuto District || 北斗郡 || ほくとぐん |- | Nantō District || 南投郡 || なんとうぐん |- | Niitaka District || 新高郡 || にいたかぐん |- | Nōkō District || 能高郡 || のうこうぐん |- | Takeyama District || 竹山郡 || たけやまぐん |}

=== Towns and Villages === The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄) {| class="wikitable" ! District !! Name !! [[Kanji]] !! Notes |- ! rowspan="7" | Daiton<br />大屯郡 | Ōsato village || 大里庄 || Today [[Dali District]] |- | Muhō village || 霧峰庄 || Today [[Wufeng, Taichung|Wufeng District]] |- | Taihei village || 太平庄 || Today [[Taiping District, Taichung|Taiping District]] |- | Hokuton village || 北屯庄 || Today [[Beitun District]] |- | Seiton village || 西屯庄 || Today [[Xitun District]] |- | Nanton village || 南屯庄 || Today [[Nantun District]] |- | Ujitsu village || 烏日庄 || Today [[Wuri District]] |- ! rowspan="5" | Toyohara<br />豐原郡 | Toyohara town || 豐原街 || Today [[Fengyuan District]] |- | Kamioka village || 神岡庄 || Today [[Shengang District]] |- | Daiga village || 大雅庄 || Today [[Daya District]] |- | Naiho village || 內埔庄 || Today [[Houli District]] |- | Tanshi village || 潭子庄 || Today [[Tanzi District]] |- ! rowspan="4" | Tōsei<br />東勢郡 | Tōsei town || 東勢街 || Today [[Dongshi District]] |- | Ishioka village || 石岡庄 || Today [[Shigang District]] |- | Shinsha village || 新社庄 || Today [[Xinshe District]] |- | Aboriginal Area || 蕃地 || Today [[Heping District, Taichung|Heping District]] |- ! rowspan="8" | Taikō<br />大甲郡 | Taikō town || 大甲街 || Today [[Dajia District]] |- | Kiyomizu town || 清水街 || Today [[Qingshui District]] |- | Gosei town || 梧棲街 || Today [[Wuqi District]] |- | Gaiho village || 外埔庄 || Today [[Waipu District]] |- | Daian village || 大安庄 || Today [[Da'an District, Taichung|Da'an District]] |- | Sharoku village || 沙鹿庄 || Today [[Shalu District]] |- | Tatsui village || 龍井庄 || Today [[Longjing District]] |- | Taito village || 大肚庄 || Today [[Dadu District, Taichung|Dadu District]] |- ! rowspan="10"|Shōka<br />彰化郡 | Rokkō town || 鹿港街 || Today [[Lukang, Changhua|Lukang Township]] |- | Wabi town || 和美街 || Today [[Hemei, Changhua|Hemei Township]] |- | Sensai village || 線西庄 || Today [[Xianxi, Changhua|Xianxi Township]] and [[Shengang, Changhua|Shengang Township]] |- | Fukkō village || 福興庄 || Today [[Fuxing, Changhua|Fuxing Township]] |- | Shūsui village || 秀水庄 || Today [[Xiushui, Changhua|Xiushui Township]] |- | Kadan village || 花壇庄 || Today [[Huatan, Changhua|Huatan Township]] |- | Fun'en village || 芬園庄 || Today [[Fenyuan, Changhua|Fenyuan Township]] |- style="color:grey;" | Shōka town || 彰化街 || Upgraded to a city in 1933. Today [[Changhua City]] |- style="color:grey;" | Ōtake village || 大竹庄 || Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City |- style="color:grey;" | Nankaku village || 南郭庄 || Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City |- ! rowspan="9" | Inrin<br />員林郡 | Inrin town || 員林街 || Today [[Yuanlin, Changhua|Yuanlin Township]] |- | Keiko town || 溪湖街 || Today [[Xihu, Changhua|Xihu Township]] |- | Tanaka town || 田中街 || Today [[Tianzhong, Changhua|Tianzhong Township]] |- | Ōmura village || 大村庄 || Today [[Dacun, Changhua|Dacun Township]] |- | Hoen village || 埔鹽庄 || Today [[Puyan, Changhua|Puyan Township]] |- | Hashin village || 坡心庄 || Today [[Puxin, Changhua|Puxin Township]] |- | Eisei village || 永靖庄 || Today [[Yongjing, Changhua|Yongjing Township]] |- | Shatō village || 社頭庄 || Today [[Shetou, Changhua|Shetou Township]] |- | Nisui village || 二水庄 || Today [[Ershui]] Township |- ! rowspan="8" | Hokuto<br />北斗郡 | Hokuto town || 北斗街 || Today [[Beidou, Changhua|Yuanlin Township]] |- | Jirin town || 二林街 || Today [[Erlin, Changhua|Erlin Township]] |- | Tao village || 田尾庄 || Today [[Tianwei, Changhua|Tianwei Township]] |- | Hitō village || 埤頭庄 || Today [[Pitou, Changhua|Pitou Township]] |- | Sunayama village || 沙山庄 || Today [[Fangyuan, Changhua|Fangyuan Township]] |- | Ōshiro village || 大城庄 || Today [[Dacheng, Changhua|Dacheng Township]] |- | Chikutō village || 竹塘庄 || Today [[Zhutang, Changhua|Zhutang Township]] |- | Keishū village || 溪州庄 || Today [[Xizhou, Changhua|Xizhou Township]] |- ! rowspan="4" | Nantō<br />南投郡 | Nantō town || 南投街 || Today [[Nantou City]] |- | Sōton town || 草屯街 || Today [[Caotun, Nantou|Caotun Township]] |- | Chūryō village || 中寮庄 || Today [[Zhongliao, Nantou|Zhongliao Township]] |- | Nama village || 名間庄 || Today [[Mingjian, Nantou|Mingjian Township]] |- ! rowspan="3" | Niitaka<br />新高郡 | Shūshū town || 集集街 || Today [[Jiji, Nantou|Jiji Township]] and [[Shuili, Nantou|Shuili Township]] |- | Gyochi village || 魚池庄 || Today [[Yuchi, Nantou|Yuchi Township]] |- | Aboriginal Area || 蕃地 || Today [[Xinyi, Nantou|Xinyi Township]] |- ! rowspan="3" | Nōkō<br />能高郡 | Hori town || 埔里街 || Today [[Puli, Nantou|Puli Township]] |- | Kokusei village || 國姓庄 || Today [[Guoxing, Nantou|Guoxing Township]] |- | Aboriginal Area || 蕃地 || Today [[Ren'ai, Nantou|Ren'ai Township]] |- ! rowspan="2" | Takeyama<br />竹山郡 | Takeyama town || 竹山街 || Today [[Zhushan, Nantou|Zhushan Township]] |- | Shikatani village || 鹿谷庄 || Today [[Lugu, Nantou|Lugu Township]] |}

== See also == * [[Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)]] * [[Governor-General of Taiwan]] * [[Taiwan under Japanese rule]] * [[Administrative divisions of the Republic of China]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

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