Tainan Prefecture

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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.^[1]