Lian Prefecture (Guangxi)

Not to be confused with Lian Prefecture (Guangdong).
Lian Prefecture (廉州)
Hepu Commandery (合浦郡)

Population
  740s or 750s 3,029[1]
  1070s or 1080s Unknown, 7,500 households[2]
History
  Created 634 (Tang dynasty)
  Abolished 1381 (Ming dynasty)
  Succeeded by Lianzhou Prefecture
Contained within
  Circuit
Lian Prefecture
Chinese

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 634 to 1381. Between 742 and 758 it was known as Hepu Commandery.[3]

Counties

Lian Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: Hepu (合浦), Shikang (石康), Cailong (蔡龍), Dalian (大廉), and Fengshan (封山). Its administrative area corresponds to modern Beihai, Hepu County, and Pubei County.[4]

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. Shi, p. 2714.
  4. Shi, pp. 1039, 598, 2785, 154, 1748.


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