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1022:, p. 245: "...the seat of government (which had been formerly at the old town of Taiwan-fu in the south, which city had been in turn the capital of the Dutch, Koxinga, and the Chinese,) was now removed temporarily to the new city of Taipeh, which had been lately in course of construction...In connection with this, it is necessary to go further and explain that it was the intention of the government to build a new capital city in the centre of the island near Changwha. Accordingly, the new city was laid out and the construction of official yamens commenced. The name of the new city became Taiwan-fu, or the capital city of Taiwan (Formosa), and it was also to be the seat of a new prefecture called Taiwan." 20: 357: 247: 493: 365: 813:) under a marine magistrate. These magistrates submitted themselves to the Taiwanfu or prefect, who in turn was under the authority of the censor of Taiwan, afterwards known as the Taotai, who was the highest authority in Taiwan, and was to make a circuit of the departments once annually." 1086:
The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects: Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions
445: 297: 234:. 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 511:. Tainan Prefecture was created from part of Taiwan Prefecture. Thus Taiwan Prefecture was reduced to the area of central Taiwan only, composed of the modern-day 1169: 535: 457: 546: 1164: 411: 208:. The prefecture was established by the Qing government in 1684, after the island came under Qing dynasty rule in 1683 following its conquest of the 280: 480:
demanded that another prefecture be added in Taiwan to revamp the administrative organization of the northern area of the island. As a result,
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Fengshan County: one town, 8 Chinese villages, 73 uncivilized native villages, 8 civilized native villages
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in 1887, the prefecture correspondingly became a subdivision under the newly founded province.
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The international status of Taiwan in the new world order: legal and political considerations
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The aboriginal lands on the east coast—known to the Qing as the "Land Behind the Mountains" (
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During this period, Taiwan was administered as three counties and two subprefectures.
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Taiwan's imagined geography: Chinese colonial travel writing and pictures, 1683-1895
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The new prefecture was divided into four counties and one subprefecture:
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was established in 1887, consisting of four prefectures: Taipeh, Taiwan,
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An administrative change occurred in 1875, when Imperial Commissioner
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Confrontation over Taiwan: nineteenth-century China and the powers
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in 1683, Taiwan was made a prefecture under the administration of
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Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty by 1894
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Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734
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When the Qing wrested the island from the control of the
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China: five thousand years of history and civilization
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Location of Taiwan Prefecture in Fujian Province, 1820
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Skinner, George W.; Baker, Hugh D. R., eds. (1977).
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Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 57. 491: 363: 355: 266:. The new prefecture consisted of three 245: 18: 728: 1107: 1058:. Taichung City Government. 2011-12-27 970: 1031: 734: 307:, which took up much of present-day 1036:. Himalaya Pub. House. p. 33. 600:, Taiwan Prefecture was abolished. 212:. The Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer ( 13: 14: 1181: 809:" or maritime division, Panghoo ( 226:. The Gazetteer was completed by 1160:1895 disestablishments in Taiwan 581:Four years after development of 1155:1895 disestablishments in China 1120:Prefectures of the Qing dynasty 1072: 936: 925:from the original on 2018-10-07 911: 895:The City in Late Imperial China 863:from the original on 2022-08-10 172: 158: 134: 971:Gordon, Leonard H. D. (2007). 849: 816: 760:"Chinese Studies in History". 702: 332: 319: 218: 113: 99: 64: 45: 1: 1150:1684 establishments in Taiwan 712:. Taiwanpedia. 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Traditional Chinese
臺灣

Simplified Chinese
台湾

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Hakka
Romanization
Southern Min
Hokkien
POJ
Tâi-lô
prefecture
Taiwan
Qing dynasty
Kingdom of Tungning
Fujian Province
Gao Gonggan
Kangxi Emperor
Fujian-Taiwan Province

Taiwan
Kingdom of Tungning
Fujian Province
counties
Zhuluo County

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