# Shinchiku Prefecture

Shinchiku Prefecture (新竹州, Shinchiku-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese era. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Taoyuan City, and Miaoli County.

## Population

| Total population | 838.011 |
| Japanese | 20.693 |
| Taiwanese | 815.274 |
| Koreans | 150 |
| Other | 1.894 |
| 1941 (Showa 16) census. ||

## Administrative divisions
### Cities and districts

In 1945 (Showa 20), there were 1 city and 8 districts under Shinchiku Prefecture.
| Cities (市 shi) | Cities (市 shi) | Cities (市 shi) | Districts (郡 gun) | Districts (郡 gun) | Districts (郡 gun) |
| Name | Kanji | Kana | Name | Kanji | Kana |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Shinchiku District | 新竹郡 | しんちくぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Chūreki District | 中壢郡 | ちゅうれきぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Tōen District | 桃園郡 | とうえんぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Daikei District | 大溪郡 | たいけいぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Chikutō District | 竹東郡 | ちくとうぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Chikunan District | 竹南郡 | ちくなんぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Byōritsu District | 苗栗郡 | びょうりつぐん |
| Shinchiku City | 新竹市 | しんちくし | Taiko District | 大湖郡 | たいこぐん |

### Towns and villages

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)
| District | Name | Kanji | Notes |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Shimpo town | 新埔街 | Today Xinpu Township |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Kansai town | 關西街 | Today Guanxi Township |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Chikuhoku village | 竹北庄 | Today Zhubei City |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Kōmō village | 紅毛庄 | Today Xinfeng Township |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Kokō village | 湖口庄 | Today Hukou Township |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today part of Guanxi Township |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Shinchiku town | 新竹街 | Upgraded to a city in 1930. Today Hsinchu |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Kyūminato village | 旧港庄 | Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Rokka village | 六家庄 | Abolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku village |
| Shinchiku 新竹郡 | Kōzan village | 香山庄 | Abolished in 1941, annexed into Shinchiku City. Today Xiangshan District |
| Chūreki 中壢郡 | Chūreki town | 中壢街 | Today Zhongli District |
| Chūreki 中壢郡 | Yōbai town | 楊梅街 | Today Yangmei District |
| Chūreki 中壢郡 | Heichin village | 平鎮庄 | Today Pingzhen District |
| Chūreki 中壢郡 | Shin'oku village | 新屋庄 | Today Xinwu District |
| Chūreki 中壢郡 | Kan'on village | 觀音庄 | Today Guanyin District |
| Tōen 桃園郡 | Tōen town | 桃園街 | Today Taoyuan District |
| Tōen 桃園郡 | Rochiku village | 蘆竹庄 | Today Luzhu District |
| Tōen 桃園郡 | Ōsono village | 大園庄 | Today Dayuan District |
| Tōen 桃園郡 | Kameyama village | 龜山庄 | Today Guishan District |
| Tōen 桃園郡 | Hachikai village | 八塊庄 | Today Bade District |
| Daikei 大渓郡 | Daikei town | 大溪街 | Today Daxi District |
| Daikei 大渓郡 | Ryūtan village | 龍潭庄 | Today Longtan District |
| Daikei 大渓郡 | Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Fuxing District |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Chikutō town | 竹東街 | Today Zhudong Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Kyūrin village | 芎林庄 | Today Qionglin Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Yokoyama village | 橫山庄 | Today Hengshan Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Hoppo village | 北埔庄 | Today Beipu Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Gabi village | 峨嵋庄 | Today Emei Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Hōzan village | 寶山庄 | Today Baoshan Township |
| Chikutō 竹東郡 | Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Jianshi Township and Wufeng Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Chikunan town | 竹南街 | Today Zhunan Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Tōfun town | 頭份街 | Today Toufen Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Sanwan village | 三灣庄 | Today Sanwan Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Nan village | 南庄 | Today Nanzhuang Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Zōkyō village | 造橋庄 | Today Zaoqiao Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Kōryū village | 後龍庄 | Today Houlong Township |
| Chikunan 竹南郡 | Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today part of Nanzhuang Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Byōritsu town | 苗栗街 | Today Miaoli City |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Enri town | 苑裡街 | Today Yuanli Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Tōoku village | 頭屋庄 | Today Touwu Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Kōkan village | 公館庄 | Today Gongguan Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Dora village | 銅鑼庄 | Today Tongluo Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Sansa village | 三叉庄 | Today Sanyi Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Tsūshō village | 通霄庄 | Today Tongxiao Township |
| Byōritsu 苗栗郡 | Shiko village | 四湖庄 | Today Sihu Township |
| Taiko 大湖郡 | Taiko village | 大湖庄 | Today Dahu Township |
| Taiko 大湖郡 | Shitan village | 獅潭庄 | Today Shitan Township |
| Taiko 大湖郡 | Takuran village | 卓蘭庄 | Today Zhuolan Township |
| Taiko 大湖郡 | Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Tai'an Township |

## Shintō shrines

* Shinchiku Shrine
* Tsūshō Shrine
* Tōen Shrine (now Taoyuan County Martyr's Shrine)
* Byōritsu Shrine
* Chūreki Shrine
* Tōfun Shrine
* Chikunan Shrine
* Taigo Shrine
* Chikutō Shrine

## Famous people

List of notable people born in Shinchiku Prefecture during Japanese rule:
* Peter Huang 黄文雄 (independence activist, social commentator in Japan, chairman of Amnesty International Taiwan in the late 2000s) (born 2 October 1937)
* Sheu Yuan-dong 許遠東 (politician, 14th governor of Taiwan's central bank) (born 22 May 1927, died 16 February 1998 in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676)