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 Japanese Taiwanese Koreans Other Total population 1941 (Showa 16) census.
Administrative divisions Cities and districts In 1945 (Showa 20), there were 1 city and 8 districts under Shinchiku Prefecture.
Shinchiku City () Shinchiku District () Chūreki District () Tōen District () Daikei District () Chikutō District () Chikunan District () Byōritsu District () Taiko District ()
Towns and villages The districts are divided into towns () and villages ().
DistrictNameJapaneseNotesShinchikuShimpo townToday Xinpu TownshipKansai townToday Guanxi TownshipChikuhoku villageToday Zhubei CityKōmō villageToday Xinfeng TownshipKokō villageToday Hukou TownshipAboriginal AreaToday part of Guanxi TownshipShinchiku townUpgraded to a city in 1930. Today HsinchuKyūminato villageAbolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku villageRokka villageAbolished in 1941, became Chikuhoku villageKōzan villageAbolished in 1941, annexed into Shinchiku City. Today Xiangshan DistrictChūrekiChūreki townToday Zhongli DistrictYōbai townToday Yangmei DistrictHeichin villageToday Pingzhen DistrictShin'oku villageToday Xinwu DistrictKan'on villageToday Guanyin DistrictTōenTōen townToday Taoyuan DistrictRochiku villageToday Luzhu DistrictŌsono villageToday Dayuan DistrictKameyama villageToday Guishan DistrictHachikai villageToday Bade DistrictDaikeiDaikei townToday Daxi DistrictRyūtan villageToday Longtan DistrictAboriginal AreaToday Fuxing DistrictChikutōChikutō townToday Zhudong TownshipKyūrin villageToday Qionglin TownshipYokoyama villageToday Hengshan TownshipHoppo villageToday Beipu TownshipGabi villageToday Emei TownshipHōzan villageToday Baoshan TownshipAboriginal AreaToday Jianshi Township and Wufeng TownshipChikunanChikunan townToday Zhunan TownshipTōfun townToday Toufen TownshipSanwan villageToday Sanwan TownshipNan villageToday Nanzhuang TownshipZōkyō villageToday Zaoqiao TownshipKōryū villageToday Houlong TownshipAboriginal AreaToday part of Nanzhuang TownshipByōritsuByōritsu townToday Miaoli CityEnri townToday Yuanli TownshipTōoku villageToday Touwu TownshipKōkan villageToday Gongguan TownshipDora villageToday Tongluo TownshipSansa villageToday Sanyi TownshipTsūshō villageToday Tongxiao TownshipShiko villageToday Sihu TownshipTaikoTaiko villageToday Dahu TownshipShitan villageToday Shitan TownshipTakuran villageToday Zhuolan TownshipAboriginal AreaToday 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 (, independence activist, social commentator in Japan, chairman of Amnesty International Taiwan in the late 2000s) (born 2 October 1937) Sheu Yuan-dong (, politician, 14th governor of Taiwan's central bank, born 22 May 1927, died 16 February 1998 in the crash of China Airlines Flight 676)
See also Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945) Governor-General of Taiwan Taiwan under Japanese rule Administrative divisions of the Republic of China