Taihoku Prefecture



Taihoku Prefecture (臺北州; Taihoku-shū) 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 (modern-day Taipei).

Population
Population statistics of permanent residents in Taihoku Prefecture in 1941:

Cities and districts
There were 3 cities and 9 districts under Taihoku Prefecture.

All of the cities (市 shi) name in Chinese characters is carried from Japanese to Chinese.

Hospitals

 * Taihoku Imperial University Hospital (臺北帝國大學醫學部附屬病院)
 * Japanese Red Cross Society Taiwan Branch Hospital (赤十字社臺灣支部病院)
 * Government-General of Taiwan Monopoly Bureau Mutual Aid Association Hospital (臺灣総督府専売局共済組合病院)
 * Government-General of Taiwan Railway Bureau Taihoku Railway Hospital (臺灣総督府鉭道局台北鉄道病院)
 * Government-General of Taiwan Giran Hospital (臺灣総督府宜蘭病院)
 * Government-General of Taiwan Kīrun Hospital (臺灣総督府基隆病院)

Courthouses
Courthouses in 1945 (Shōwa 20)
 * Supreme Court of Appeal (高等法院上告部)
 * Supreme Judicial Court (高等法院覆審部)
 * Taihoku Regional Court (台北地方法院)
 * Taihoku Regional Court Giran Branch (台北地方法院宜蘭支部)

Penitentiaries
Penitentiaries in 1932 (Shōwa 7)
 * Taihoku Penitentiary (台北刑務所)
 * Taihoku Penitentiary Giran Branch (台北刑務所宜蘭刑務支所)

Police stations
Police stations in 1945 (Shōwa 20)
 * Taihoku Prefecture Police Administrative Division (臺北州警務部)
 * Taihoku Minami Police Station (臺北南警察署)
 * Banka Substation (萬華分署)
 * Taihoku Kita Police Station (臺北北警察署)
 * Kīrun Police Station (基隆警察署)
 * Kīrun Suijō Police Station (基隆水上警察署) (in Port of Kīrun)
 * Giran Police Station (宜蘭警察署)
 * Shichisei District Police Office (七星郡警察課)
 * Tansui District Police Office (淡水郡警察課)
 * Kīrun District Police Office (基隆郡警察課)
 * Giran District Police Office (宜蘭郡警察課)
 * Ratō District Police Office (羅東郡警察課)
 * Suō District Police Office (蘇澳郡警察課)
 * Bunsan District Police Office (文山郡警察課)
 * Kaizan District Police Office (海山郡警察課)
 * Shinshō District Police Office (新荘郡警察課)

Mines

 * Kinkaseki mine (金瓜山鉱山) (Gold, Silver, Copper)
 * Zuihō mine (瑞芳鉱山) (Gold, Silver)
 * Kīrun coal mine (基隆炭鉱)
 * Zuihō coal mine (瑞芳炭鉱)
 * Haccho coal mine (八堵炭鉱)
 * Ishisoko coal mine (石底炭鉱)
 * Banri coal mine (万里炭鉱)
 * Tokukō Taihoku coal mine (徳興台北炭鉱)
 * Kuangsui sulfur mine (大礦砕鉱山)
 * Fukuyama coal mine (福山炭鉱)
 * Itabashi coal mine (板橋炭鉱)
 * Kaizan coal mine (海山炭鉱)

Shintō shrines

 * Taiwan Grand Shrine
 * Giran Shrine
 * Kīrun Shrine
 * Taihoku Inari Shrine
 * Kenkō Shrine
 * Zuihō Shrine
 * Shinshō Shrine
 * Ratō Shrine
 * Shiodome Shrine
 * Umiyama Shrine
 * Tamsui Shrine
 * Bunsan Shrine
 * Suō Shrine
 * Suō Shrine

National Parks

 * Daiton National Park (Established on 12 December 1937)
 * Tsugitaka Taroko National Park (Established on 12 December 1937)

Roads
Designated roads in 1939 (Shōwa 14)
 * 縦貫道路
 * Taihoku Tamsui Road (台北淡水道)
 * Taihoku Naiko Road (台北内湖道)
 * 台北和尚州道
 * Taihoku Itabashi Road (台北板橋道)
 * 児玉町枋寮道
 * 台北八里庄道
 * 台北三張犂道
 * Taihoku Shinkō Road (台北深坑道)
 * Taihoku Giran Road (台北宜蘭道)
 * 水道町松山道
 * 景尾亀山道
 * 板橋景尾道
 * 枋寮土城道
 * Itabashi Tōen Road (板橋桃園道)
 * Itabashi Ōka Road (板橋鶯歌道)
 * Shinshō Itabashi Road (新荘板橋道)
 * 新荘樹林道
 * 新荘和尚州道
 * 新荘淡水道
 * Tamsui Kanayama Road (淡水金山道)
 * 北投草山道
 * Shirin Kanayama Road (士林金山道)
 * 基隆金山道
 * 基隆社寮島道
 * 基隆礁渓道
 * Giran Suō Road (宜蘭蘇澳道)
 * 羅東利沢簡道
 * 蘇澳南方澳道
 * 蘇澳北方澳道
 * Ratō Sansei Road (羅東三星道)
 * Giran Tōen Road (宜蘭桃園道)
 * 羅東清水道
 * 宜蘭東港道
 * 宜蘭三鬮道
 * Giran Sansei Road (宜蘭三星道)
 * Suō Karenkō Road (蘇澳花蓮港道)
 * Hokutō Onsen Road (北投温泉道)

Ports
Open ports in 1938 (Shōwa 13)
 * Port of Kīrun (基隆港)
 * Port of Tamsui (淡水港)

Notable people
List of notable people born in, or who grew up or were active in Taihoku Prefecture during Japanese rule.
 * Lee Teng-hui, former president of the Republic of China (born 15 January 1923 in Sanshi village).
 * Birei Kin, National Policy Advisor to President Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan independence activist, social commentator (born 7 February 1934).
 * Chiang Wei-shui, politician (8 February 1891 – 5 August 1931)
 * , writer.
 * Li Mei-shu, artist.