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Tainan Prefecture

This article is about the period of Japanese rule over Tainan, Taiwan. For the period of Qing rule over the same territory, see Tainan Prefecture (Qing dynasty).

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Tainan Prefecture 臺南州/台南州
Tainan-shū
1920-1952
The Tainan Prefecture government building, which now serves as the National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Capital	Tainan
Population
• 1941	1,550,695
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	1920
• Disestablished	25 October 1945
• Treaty of San Francisco	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	2 cities (市) 10 districts (郡)
Today part of	Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Yunlin County

Tainan Prefecture (臺南州/台南州, Tainan-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, and Yunlin County.^[1]

Population[edit]

Administrative divisions[edit]

Cities and districts[edit]

In 1945 (Shōwa20), there were 2 cities and 10 districts.

Towns and Villages[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)
• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Tainan Prefecture (Qing dynasty)

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