Taitō Prefecture

Taitō Prefecture (臺東廳, Taitō-chō) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taitung County.^[1]

Taitō Prefecture 臺東廳
Taitō-chō
1897-1952
The Taitō Prefecture government building
Population
• 1941	93.138
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	1897
• Disestablished	25 October 1945
• Treaty of San Francisco	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	3 districts (郡)
Today part of	Taitung County

Taitō Prefecture

Population

Total population	93,138
Japanese	7,078
Taiwanese	85,068
Korean	35
Other nationalities	957
1941 (Showa 16) census.

Administrative divisions

Cities and Districts

Before its dissolution in1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 3 districts in Taitō Prefecture.^[2]

Districts (郡 gun)
Name	Kanji	Kana
Taitō District	臺東郡	たいとうぐん
Kanzan District	關山郡	かんざんぐん
Shinkō District	新港郡	しんこうぐん

Towns and Villages

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)

District	Name	Kanji	Notes
Taitō 臺東郡	Taitō town	臺東街	Today Taitung City and eastern Beinan Township
	Tamari village	太麻里庄	Today Taimali Township
	Daibu village	大武庄	Today Dawu Township
	Kashōtō village	火燒島庄	Today Lüdao Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today Jinfeng Township, Lanyu Township, Daren Township and western Beinan Township
	Pinan village	卑南庄	Abolished in 1944, annexed into Taitō town.
Kanzan 關山郡	Kanzan town	關山街	Today Guanshan Township
	Ikegami village	池上庄	Today Chishang Township
	Shikano village	鹿野庄	Today Luye Township
	Aboriginal Area	蕃地	Today Yanping Township and Haiduan Township
Shinkō 新港郡	Shinkō town	新港街	Today Chenggong Township
	Nagahama village	長濱庄	Today Changbin Township
	Toran village	都蘭庄	Today Donghe Township

See also

• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945)
• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Administrative divisions of the Republic of China