Hua Prefecture (Henan)

Hua Prefecture (滑州)
  • Yan Prefecture (兗州)
  • Dong Commandery (東郡)
  • Lingchang Commandery (靈昌郡)

Population
  740s or 750s 422,790[1]
  1100s 81,988[2]
History
  Created 596 (Sui dynasty)
  Abolished 1374 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
  Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Chinese

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 596 to 1374.[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Yan Prefecture (606–607), Dong Commandery (607–618) and Lingchang Commandery (742–758).

Counties

During the Song dynasty, Hua Prefecture administered the following counties (縣):

  1. Baima (白馬), roughly modern Hua County[4]
  2. Weicheng (韋城), also roughly modern Hua County[5]
  3. Zuocheng (胙城), Yanjin County[6]

References


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