Taihoku Prefecture


Taihoku Prefecture was an administrative division of Taiwan created in 1920, during Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Keelung, New [Taipei City], Taipei and Yilan County. Its government office, which is now occupied by the Control Yuan of Taiwan, was in Taihoku City.

Population

Population statistics of permanent residents in Taihoku Prefecture in 1941:
ClassificationPopulation
Mainland Japanese153,928
Taiwanese1,053,372
Koreans1,051
Others25,531
Total1,233,882

Administrative divisions

Cities and districts

There were 3 cities and 9 districts under Taihoku Prefecture.
All of the cities name in Chinese characters is carried from Japanese to Chinese.

Buildings and establishments

Hospitals

  • Taihoku Imperial University Hospital
  • Japanese Red Cross Society Taiwan Branch Hospital
  • Government-General of Taiwan Monopoly Bureau Mutual Aid Association Hospital
  • Government-General of Taiwan Railway Bureau Taihoku Railway Hospital
  • Government-General of Taiwan Giran Hospital
  • Government-General of Taiwan Kīrun Hospital

Courthouses

Courthouses in 1945

Penitentiaries

Penitentiaries in 1932
  • Taihoku Penitentiary
  • Taihoku Penitentiary Giran Branch

Police stations

Police stations in 1945
  • Taihoku Prefecture Police Administrative Division
  • Taihoku Minami Police Station
  • *Banka Substation
  • Taihoku Kita Police Station
  • Kīrun Police Station
  • Kīrun Suijō Police Station
  • Giran Police Station
  • Shichisei District Police Office
  • Tansui District Police Office
  • Kīrun District Police Office
  • Giran District Police Office
  • Ratō District Police Office
  • Suō District Police Office
  • Bunsan District Police Office
  • Kaizan District Police Office
  • Shinshō District Police Office

Weather stations

Mines

  • Kinkaseki mine
  • Zuihō mine
  • Kīrun coal mine
  • Zuihō coal mine
  • Haccho coal mine
  • Ishisoko coal mine
  • Banri coal mine
  • Tokukō Taihoku coal mine
  • Kuangsui sulfur mine
  • Fukuyama coal mine
  • Itabashi coal mine
  • Kaizan coal mine

Shintō shrines

National Parks

Transport

Roads

Designated roads in 1939
  • 縦貫道路
  • Taihoku Tamsui Road
  • Taihoku Naiko Road
  • 台北和尚州道
  • Taihoku Itabashi Road
  • 児玉町枋寮道
  • 台北八里庄道
  • 台北三張犂道
  • Taihoku Shinkō Road
  • Taihoku Giran Road
  • 水道町松山道
  • 景尾亀山道
  • 板橋景尾道
  • 枋寮土城道
  • Itabashi Tōen Road
  • Itabashi Ōka Road
  • Shinshō Itabashi Road
  • 新荘樹林道
  • 新荘和尚州道
  • 新荘淡水道
  • Tamsui Kanayama Road
  • 北投草山道
  • Shirin Kanayama Road
  • 基隆金山道
  • 基隆社寮島道
  • 基隆礁渓道
  • Giran Suō Road
  • 羅東利沢簡道
  • 蘇澳南方澳道
  • 蘇澳北方澳道
  • Ratō Sansei Road
  • Giran Tōen Road
  • 羅東清水道
  • 宜蘭東港道
  • 宜蘭三鬮道
  • Giran Sansei Road
  • Suō Karenkō Road
  • Hokutō Onsen Road

Ports

Open ports in 1938
  • Port of Kīrun
  • Port of Tamsui

Notable people

List of notable people born in, or who grew up or were active in Taihoku Prefecture during Japanese rule.