Taitung Prefecture
Taitung Prefecture was a division of Taiwan Province, which was created after 1887 during Qing rule. The prefecture's seat of government, originally at Tsui-be, was moved to Pi-lam in 1888. Plan to establish the sub-prefectures of Pi-lam and Hoe-lian-kang was aborted.
In 1895, with the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the successful Japanese invasion of Taiwan, the prefecture was reorganized as Taitō Chō in 1897 under Japanese rule.
