Ming Prefecture (Hebei)

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Ming Prefecture
Chinese
Literal meaningMing River Prefecture
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMíngzhōu
Wade–GilesMing Chou

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

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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:

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