Mao Prefecture
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| Mao Prefecture | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 茂州 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Mào Zhōu |
| |
| Simplified Chinese | 通化郡 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tōnghuà Jùn |
| History | |
| • Created |
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| • Abolished | 1913 (Republic of China) |
| • Succeeded by | Mao County |
Maozhou or Mao Prefecture (634–1913) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China located in modern northern Sichuan, around modern Mao County. From 742 to 758 it was called Tonghua Commandery.
Situated near the Tibetan frontier, it occasionally fell under Tibetan control.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The administrative region of Maozhou in the Tang dynasty is in modern northern Sichuan. It probably includes modern:
- Under the administration of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture:
- Under the administration of Mianyang:
References
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Categories:
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Former prefectures in Sichuan
- Prefectures of Later Tang
- Prefectures of Later Shu
- Prefectures of Former Shu
- Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
- Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty
- Departments of the Qing dynasty
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