Bei Prefecture

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Bei Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Hanyu PinyinBèi Zhōu
File:Beiprefecture.png
Population
 • 740s or 750s834,757[1]
History
 • Preceded byQinghe Commandery
 • Created
 • Succeeded byEn Prefecture
Contained within
 • CircuitHebei Circuit

Beizhou or Bei Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qinghe County in Hebei, China. It existed (intermittently) from 578 to 1048, when its name changed to En Prefecture after Wang Ze's rebellion in the prefecture.[2]

Geography

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The administrative region of Bei Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is in the border area of southeastern Hebei and western Shandong. It probably includes parts of modern:

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. ^ Shi, p. 401.
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