Shoka

shoka shōka English Etymology From en ja - 彰化 ^しょうか. Pronunciation shō′käChanghwa or Chang-hua 369 3 Changhwa or Chang-hua (jängʹhwäʹ), Jap. [Japanese] Shoka (shōʹkä), Proper noun en historical in reference to Japanese Taiwan en Changhua: the Japanese-derived name en 1945 December Resumption of United States Trade with the Far East: Reopening of Commercial Channels and Relaxation of Trade Controls https://books.google.com/books?id=Aqh4tRoLTLsC Far Eastern Unit, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce 1084200346 3 Formosa: Prewar conditions in Formosa were described in an article in FOREIGN COMMERCE WEEKLY of January 1, 1944. According to an announcement of the official Chinese News Service, there are to be 8 chief administrative subdivisions of Formosa. Although it is not known that their boundary lines will exactly coincide with those of the provinces under Japanese rule, this is probable. Names of the new hsien (districts), with corresponding Japanese province names in parentheses, are as follows: Taipei (Taihoku); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hwalienkan (Karenko); and Taitung (Taito). The Pescadores Islands form the eighth hsien. Nine cities will continue to be recognized as municipalities: Taipei (Taihoku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Chilung (Kiirun or Keelung); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Chiayi (Kagi); Changhua (Shoka); and Pintung (Heito). en n.d. C. Peter Chen Shoka Airfield World War II Database https://web.archive.org/web/20160405184234/https://ww2db.com/facility/Shoka_Airfield/ https://ww2db.com/facility/Shoka_Airfield/ April 05, 2016 Japanse airfield in Shoka (now Changhua) in central Taiwan was located in a position that straddles between Rokko (now Lugang) and Fukuko (now Fuxing) districts in the western edge of the city of Shoka, on the coast of the Taiwan Strait. References