Conventional Long Name: | Hōko Prefecture |
Common Name: | Hōko |
Subdivision: | Prefecture |
Nation: | Empire of Japan |
Status Text: | Hōko-chō |
Life Span: | 1895-1952 |
Image Map Caption: | The Hōko Prefecture government building now serves as the Penghu County Government building. |
Year Start: | 1895 |
Date End: | 25 October |
Year End: | 1945 |
Date Post: | 28 April 1952 |
Event Post: | Treaty of San Francisco |
Stat Year1: | 1941 |
Stat Pop1: | 69,387 |
Political Subdiv: | 2 subprefectures (支廳) |
Today: | Penghu County |
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese ruling period from 1895 until 1945. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Penghu County.
Total population | 69,387 | |
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Japanese | 3,619 | |
Taiwanese | 65,694 | |
Korean | 74 | |
1941 (Showa 16) census. |
Before its dissolution in 1945 (Shōwa 20), Hōko Prefecture consisted of 2 subprefectures.[1]
Subprefectures (支廳 shichō) | |||
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Name | Kanji | Kana | |
Makō Subprefecture | 馬公支廳 | まこうしちょう | |
Mōan Subprefecture | 望安支廳 | もうあんしちょう |
The districts were divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)
District | Name | Kanji | Notes |
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Makō 馬公支廳 | Makō town | 馬公街 | Today Magong City |
Kosei village | 湖西庄 | Today Huxi Township | |
Hakusa village | 白沙庄 | Today Baisha Township | |
Seisho village | 西嶼庄 | Today Xiyu Township | |
Mōan 望安支廳 | Mōan village | 望安庄 | Today Wang'an Township |
Taisho village | 大嶼庄 | Today Cimei Township |