Spots:澎湖地名之旅Part29 湖西鄉
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在清朝時代，湖西鄉被規劃成三個「澳」（類似現在三個鄉），即「林投澳」、「奎壁澳」及「鼎灣澳」，每個「澳」都設「衙門」（類似現在的鄉公所）。
「林投澳」衙門設在林投村，「奎壁澳」衙門設在奎壁港社（即今南寮村），「鼎灣澳」衙門設在鼎灣村，由此可知，清朝時代湖西有三個鄉（澳）。
自光緒廿一年（公元一八九五年）到民國九年（公元一九二○年），是日本占據時期，澎湖的行政區域經過多次規劃，名稱也多次更換，如「澎湖列島行政廳」、「澎湖島廳」、「澎湖廳」、「澎湖郡」、「辦務署」、「出張所」、「支廳」等。
光緒廿二年（公元一八九六年）十月，「林投澳」被廢除，湖西鄉治所在地自林投遷到隘門，叫做「大山澳」，「澳務署」（類似現在的鄉公所）就設在隘門村。
到了民國九年（公元一九二○年），日本殖民政府實施所謂「地方自治」，在「澎湖郡」（類似現在的縣轄市）五「街庄」、（類似現在的鄉），即「馬公街」、「湖西庄」、「白沙庄」「西嶼庄」、「望安庄」，「役場」（類似現在的鄉市公所）。
這一年，湖西鄉治所在地自隘門村遷到湖西村，叫做「湖西庄役場」，光復後才改為湖西鄉公所。
湖西鄉治所在地所以稱為湖西，文獻沒有記載，但據湖西鄉的地方耆宿「判斷」，可能是因為湖西村南側有個池塘，儲水長年不乾，像個湖泊，環繞著湖泊的西、北、東三個方向都有人居住，因此先民即取湖西作地名。而且，自古至今，只有湖西及湖東的地名，而無湖北、湖南，相傳是先民取地名時，避免與湖北省及湖南省相同。
因此，湖西鄉這個行政區域的地名，是在民國九年（公元一九二○年），由日本殖民政府所取，但實際上卻是沿襲了清朝時代「湖西社」這個地名。
清朝時代的「湖西社」（即今湖西村），由「奎壁澳」（在今南寮）管轄。
資料來源:澎湖逍遙遊網站
