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臺灣總督府 Taiwan Sōtokufu (Japanese) Tâi-oân Chóng-tok-hú (Taiwanese) | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 8 May 1895 |
Preceding agency | |
Dissolved | 25 October 1945 |
Superseding agency | |
Headquarters | 1 Chōme, Bunbu Chō, Taihoku, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (臺北州臺北市文武町一丁目) |
Agency executive | |
Key document | |
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Sometimes also translated to Government of Taiwan, Taiwan Government. The western name Formosa was also used occasionally.[1] |
Government of Taiwan | |||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 臺灣總督府 | ||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||
Kana | たいわんそうとくふ | ||||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 臺灣總督府 | ||||||||||||
Shinjitai | 台湾総督府 | ||||||||||||
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The Government-General of Taiwan (Government of Taiwan, Taiwan Government, Government of Formosa, Japanese: 台湾総督府, Kyūjitai: 臺灣總督府, Hepburn: Taiwan Sōtokufu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Chóng-tok-hú; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân Tsóng-tok-hú; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ=Thòi-vân Chúng-tuk-fú) was the government that governed Taiwan under Japanese rule between 1895 and 1945.[2]