Taihoku Prefecture

Administrative divisions

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.

Towns and villages

Buildings and establishments

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)

Customs houses

Monopoly bureaux

Weather stations

Garrisons

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
• Taiwan Martyr Shrine
• Taihoku Inari Shrine
• Kenkō Shrine
• Zuihō Shrine
• Shinshō Shrine
• Ratō Shrine
• Shiodome Shrine
• Umiyama Shrine
• Tamsui Shrine
• Bunsan Shrine
• Suō Shrine

National Parks

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

Forest management

Transport

Rail

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)

Enterprise

Media

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)
• Huang Lingzhi, writer.
• Li Mei-shu, artist.