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Tainan Prefecture臺南州/台南州
Tainan-shū
1920-1952
The Tainan Prefecture government building, which now serves as the National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Capital	Tainan
Population
• 1941	1,550,695
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	1920
• Disestablished	25 October 1945
• Treaty of San Francisco	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	2 cities (市) 10 districts (郡)
Today part of	Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Yunlin County

Tainan Prefecture (臺南州/台南州, Tainan-shū) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, and Yunlin County.

Population

Administrative divisions

Cities and districts

In 1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 2 cities and 10 districts.

Towns and Villages

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)

See also

• Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)
• Governor-General of Taiwan
• Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Tainan Prefecture (Qing dynasty)

References

1. Clart, Philip; Crowe, Paul (2020-12-17). The People and the Dao: New Studies in Chinese Religions in Honour of Daniel L. Overmyer. Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-000-15656-0.

• States and territories established in 1920
• States and territories disestablished in 1945
• Former prefectures of Japan in Taiwan
• History of Tainan
• 1920 establishments in Taiwan
• Yunlin County
• Chiayi
• Chiayi County
• States and territories disestablished in 1952