Xinghua Prefecture

Xinghua Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	興化軍
Simplified Chinese	兴化军
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnghuà Jūn

Xinghua Prefecture was a Song dynasty military prefecture created in 979, under the administration of Fujian Circuit. It was abolished by the Mongol Yuan dynasty in 1277.^[1]

Its administrative area is roughly modern Putian and Xianyou County.

References

1. Shi, p. 1093.

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.