Taiwan Prefecture

Location of Taiwan Prefecture in Fujian Province, 1820
Taiwan Prefecture
Traditional Chinese臺灣府
Simplified Chinese台湾府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáiwān Fǔ
Wade–GilesT‘ai-wan Fu
Hakka
RomanizationThòi-vân-fú
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTâi-oân-hú
Tâi-lôTâi-uân-hú

Taiwan Prefecture or Taiwanfu was a prefecture of Taiwan during the Qing dynasty.[1] The prefecture was established by the Qing government in 1684,[2] after the island came under Qing dynasty rule in 1683 following its conquest of the Kingdom of Tungning. The Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer (臺灣府志; Táiwānfǔ Zhì)[3] documented it as part of Fujian Province.[4] The Gazetteer was completed by Gao Gonggan in 1695, the 34th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor.[5] With the development and population growth of Taiwan during the Qing Era, the scope of Taiwan Prefecture was also varied over time. Following the establishment of Fujian-Taiwan Province in 1887, the prefecture correspondingly became a subdivision under the newly founded province.

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  2. ^ China: five thousand years of history and civilization. City University of HK Press. 30 April 2007. p. 108. ISBN 978-962-937-140-1.
  3. ^ "Prefecture History". Taiwanpedia. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  4. ^ Teng, Emma (1 March 2006). Taiwan's imagined geography: Chinese colonial travel writing and pictures, 1683-1895. Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-674-02119-8.
  5. ^ "Chinese Studies in History". Chinese Studies in History and Philosophy. 42 (?). International Arts and Sciences Press: 14. 2008. ISSN 0009-4633. OCLC 560417594.