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Chiayi (/ ˈdʒjɑːˈiː /, [ 3 ] Taigi POJ: Ka-gī; Chinese : 嘉義), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in Chianan Plain in southwestern Taiwan, surrounded by Chiayi County with a population of 263,188 inhabitants as of January 2023.
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 .
DistrictNameKanjiNotesNiitoyo新豐郡Jintoku village仁德庄Today Rende DistrictNiitoyo新豐郡Kijin village歸仁庄Today Gueiren DistrictNiitoyo新豐郡Kanbyō village關廟庄Today Guanmiao DistrictNiitoyo新豐郡Tatsuzaki village龍崎庄Today Longci DistrictMar 2, 2022 · Chiayi County is part of the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area, which also covers the coastal areas of Yunlin County and Tainan City. The scenic area boasts an expansive shoreline featuring stunning coastal landscapes such as dunes, sandbars, lagoons, estuaries, and wetlands.
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Administrative divisions of Taiwan by types and times. Like the administrative divisions in mainland Japan, most of them are translated to "prefectures" in English.
The former system was abolished 11 November 1901, and twenty local administrative offices (chō) were established. Usage of Kendivisions was discontinued.
Under a "Dōka policy" (同化) in which the Japanese considered the Taiwanese to be separate but equal, the political divisions in Taiwan became similar to the system used in mainland Japanin 1920.
When the Republic of China began to rule Taiwan in 1945, the government simply changed the names of the divisions, and named the Aboriginal areas. Those changes were not recognized by the Allies after the surrender of Japan. 1. Most of the cities in Taiwan became provincial cities, but Yilan (宜蘭市 Giran) and Hualien (花蓮市 Karen) became the first two ...
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in October 1945, Chiayi City was established as a provincial city of Taiwan Province. The city consisted of 8 districts, which were Bajiang, Beimen, Beizhen, Nanmen, Tungmen, Tungshan , Ximen and Zhuwei Districts .
Sep 14, 2024 · Kagi Shrine (嘉義神社 / かぎじんじゃ) Similar to Tainan to the south, Chiayi is a city that has had a long and storied history. Originally inhabited by the Hoanya (洪雅族) Indigenous People, the arrival of Han Chinese immigrants in southwestern Taiwan in the 16th and 17th centuries was when things in the area really started to change.
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From then on, Kagi City (嘉義街 /かぎかい) is put under the administrative authority of Tainan Prefecture’s (臺南州 /たいなんしゅう) Kagi County (嘉義郡／かぎぐん). 1936 (昭和11年) - The Colonial Government’s “Japanization” or ‘forced assimilation’ Kominka (皇民化運動) policy comes into effect in Taiwan.
