Takao Prefecture

{{Infobox former subdivision

| native_name = {{nobold|高雄州}}

| conventional_long_name = Takao Prefecture

| common_name = Takao

| subdivision = Prefecture

| nation = the Empire of Japan

| p1 =

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| s1 = Kaohsiung County

| flag_s1 = Flag of Kaohsiung County.svg

| s2 = Pingtung County

| flag_s2 = Flag of Pingtung County.svg

| status_text = たかおしゅう Takaoshū

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| image_map = Takao, Taiwan.jpg

| image_map_caption = A pre-1924 map of Takao Prefecture

| capital = Takao City

| latd =

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| era = {{nowrap|Taiwan under Japanese rule}}

| date_start = September

| year_start = 1920

| event1 = Takao upgraded to city

| date_event1 = 1924

| event2 = {{nowrap|Pescadores transferred}} to Hōko Prefecture

| date_event2 = 1926

| event3 = Heitō upgraded to city

| date_event3 = 1933

| event_end = Placed under Chinese administration

| date_end = 25 October

| year_end = 1945

| date_post = 28 April 1952

| event_post = Relinquished by Japan

| life_span = 1920–1952

| stat_year1 = 1941

| stat_area1 = 5721.8674

| stat_pop1 = 930383

| political_subdiv = 2 cities (市)
7 districts (郡)

| today = Kaohsiung, Pingtung County

}}

File:Takao provincial office.jpg

{{Nihongo|Takao Prefecture|{{linktext|高雄|州}}|Takao-shū}} was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County.