| Conventional Long Name: | Taichū Prefecture |
| Common Name: | Taichū |
| Subdivision: | Prefecture |
| Nation: | Empire of Japan |
| Status Text: | Taichū-shū |
| Capital: | Taichung |
| Life Span: | 1920-1952 |
| Image Map Caption: | The Taichū Prefecture government building now serves as the Taichung city government building. |
| Year Start: | 1920 |
| Date End: | 25 October |
| Year End: | 1945 |
| Date Post: | 28 April 1952 |
| Event Post: | Treaty of San Francisco |
| Stat Year1: | 1941 |
| Stat Pop1: | 1,380,187 |
| Political Subdiv: | 2 cities (市) 11 district (郡) |
| Today: | Taichung, Changhua County, Nantou County |
was one of the administrative divisions of Japanese Taiwan. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Taichung City, Changhua County and Nantou County. It is also the origin of the name of modern-day Taichung. The Taichū Prefecture was the scene of the 1930 Musha Incident, the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan.[1]
Population statistics of permanent residents in Taichū Prefecture in 1941:
| Total population | 1,380,187 | |
|---|---|---|
| 46,371 | ||
| 1,329,620 | ||
| 333 | ||
| 1941 (Showa 16) census. | ||
In 1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 2 cities and 11 districts.
| Cities (市 shi) | Districts (郡 gun) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Name | Kana | |||
| Taichū City | 台中市 | たいちゅうし | Daiton District | 大屯郡 | だいとんぐん |
| Toyohara District | 豐原郡 | とよはらぐん | |||
| Tōsei District | 東勢郡 | とうせいぐん | |||
| Taikō District | 大甲郡 | たいこうぐん | |||
| Shōka City | 彰化市 | しょうかし | Shōka District | 彰化郡 | しょうかぐん |
| Inrin District | 員林郡 | いんりんぐん | |||
| Hokuto District | 北斗郡 | ほくとぐん | |||
| Nantō District | 南投郡 | なんとうぐん | |||
| Niitaka District | 新高郡 | にいたかぐん | |||
| Nōkō District | 能高郡 | のうこうぐん | |||
| Takeyama District | 竹山郡 | たけやまぐん | |||
The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)
| District | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daiton 大屯郡 | Ōsato village | 大里庄 | Today Dali District |
| Muhō village | 霧峰庄 | Today Wufeng District | |
| Taihei village | 太平庄 | Today Taiping District | |
| Hokuton village | 北屯庄 | Today Beitun District | |
| Seiton village | 西屯庄 | Today Xitun District | |
| Nanton village | 南屯庄 | Today Nantun District | |
| Ujitsu village | 烏日庄 | Today Wuri District | |
| Toyohara 豐原郡 | Toyohara town | 豐原街 | Today Fengyuan District |
| Kamioka village | 神岡庄 | Today Shengang District | |
| Daiga village | 大雅庄 | Today Daya District | |
| Naiho village | 內埔庄 | Today Houli District | |
| Tanshi village | 潭子庄 | Today Tanzi District | |
| Tōsei 東勢郡 | Tōsei town | 東勢街 | Today Dongshi District |
| Ishioka village | 石岡庄 | Today Shigang District | |
| Shinsha village | 新社庄 | Today Xinshe District | |
| Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Heping District | |
| Taikō 大甲郡 | Taikō town | 大甲街 | Today Dajia District |
| Kiyomizu town | 清水街 | Today Qingshui District | |
| Gosei town | 梧棲街 | Today Wuqi District | |
| Gaiho village | 外埔庄 | Today Waipu District | |
| Daian village | 大安庄 | Today Da'an District | |
| Sharoku village | 沙鹿庄 | Today Shalu District | |
| Tatsui village | 龍井庄 | Today Longjing District | |
| Taito village | 大肚庄 | Today Dadu District | |
| Shōka 彰化郡 | Rokkō town | 鹿港街 | Today Lukang Township |
| Wabi town | 和美街 | Today Hemei Township | |
| Sensai village | 線西庄 | Today Xianxi Township and Shengang Township | |
| Fukkō village | 福興庄 | Today Fuxing Township | |
| Shūsui village | 秀水庄 | Today Xiushui Township | |
| Kadan village | 花壇庄 | Today Huatan Township | |
| Fun'en village | 芬園庄 | Today Fenyuan Township | |
| Shōka town | 彰化街 | Upgraded to a city in 1933. Today Changhua City | |
| Ōtake village | 大竹庄 | Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City | |
| Nankaku village | 南郭庄 | Abolished in 1933, annexed into Shōka City | |
| Inrin 員林郡 | Inrin town | 員林街 | Today Yuanlin Township |
| Keiko town | 溪湖街 | Today Xihu Township | |
| Tanaka town | 田中街 | Today Tianzhong Township | |
| Ōmura village | 大村庄 | Today Dacun Township | |
| Hoen village | 埔鹽庄 | Today Puyan Township | |
| Hashin village | 坡心庄 | Today Puxin Township | |
| Eisei village | 永靖庄 | Today Yongjing Township | |
| Shatō village | 社頭庄 | Today Shetou Township | |
| Nisui village | 二水庄 | Today Ershui Township | |
| Hokuto 北斗郡 | Hokuto town | 北斗街 | Today Yuanlin Township |
| Jirin town | 二林街 | Today Erlin Township | |
| Tao village | 田尾庄 | Today Tianwei Township | |
| Hitō village | 埤頭庄 | Today Pitou Township | |
| Sunayama village | 沙山庄 | Today Fangyuan Township | |
| Ōshiro village | 大城庄 | Today Dacheng Township | |
| Chikutō village | 竹塘庄 | Today Zhutang Township | |
| Keishū village | 溪州庄 | Today Xizhou Township | |
| Nantō 南投郡 | Nantō town | 南投街 | Today Nantou City |
| Sōton town | 草屯街 | Today Caotun Township | |
| Chūryō village | 中寮庄 | Today Zhongliao Township | |
| Nama village | 名間庄 | Today Mingjian Township | |
| Niitaka 新高郡 | Shūshū town | 集集街 | Today Jiji Township and Shuili Township |
| Gyochi village | 魚池庄 | Today Yuchi Township | |
| Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Xinyi Township | |
| Nōkō 能高郡 | Hori town | 埔里街 | Today Puli Township |
| Kokusei village | 國姓庄 | Today Guoxing Township | |
| Aboriginal Area | 蕃地 | Today Ren'ai Township | |
| Takeyama 竹山郡 | Takeyama town | 竹山街 | Today Zhushan Township |
| Shikatani village | 鹿谷庄 | Today Lugu Township |