Ming Prefecture (Hebei)
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| Ming Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 洺州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ming River Prefecture | ||||||||
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Ming Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name Mingzhou, was a prefecture (zhou) of imperial China in present-day Hebei Province. It existed intermittently from AD 578 to 1278. Its seat—also known at the time as Mingzhou—was at Guangfu in Handan's Yongnian District.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The administrative region of Ming Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is under the administration of modern Handan in southern Hebei. It probably includes parts of modern:
- Handan
- Handan County
- Qiu County
- Feixiang County
- Wu'an City
- Jize County
- Yongnian County
- Quzhou County
References
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- Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
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- Prefectures of Later Han (Five Dynasties)
- Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
- Prefectures of Later Tang
- Prefectures of Later Zhou
- Former prefectures in Hebei
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