Taiwan Prefecture

The Taiwan Prefecture Gazetteer (臺灣府志; Táiwānfǔ Zhì)[3] documented it as part of Fujian Province.

When the Qing wrested the island from the control of the Kingdom of Tungning in 1683, Taiwan was made a prefecture under the administration of Fujian Province.

The counties (縣, xiàn) were, from south to north:[10] The subprefectures (廳, tīng) were: An administrative change occurred in 1875, when Imperial Commissioner Shen Baozhen demanded that another prefecture be added in Taiwan to revamp the administrative organization of the northern area of the island.

[8] The new prefecture seat was located at the central city of Toatun (大墩), which was also designated as the site of the new provincial capital, taking its name as Taiwanfu or Taiwan (now Taichung).

[17] Four years after development of Toatun began, the seat of Taipeh (Taipei) was officially declared the provincial capital.

Location of Taiwan Prefecture in Fujian Province, 1820
Map of Taiwan between 1689 and 1722
Map of Taiwan (right) in 1746
Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 [ 9 ]
Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty by 1894 [ 12 ]