Qīn Prefecture

Not to be confused with Qín Prefecture in modern Gansu.
Qīn Prefecture (欽州)
Ningyue Commandery (寧越郡)

Population
  740s or 750s 10,146[1]
  1070s or 1080s Unknown, 10,552 households[2]
History
  Preceded by An Prefecture
  Created 598 (Sui dynasty)
  Abolished 1912 (R.O. China)
  Succeeded by Qin County, Guangxi
Contained within
  Circuit
Qīn Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Qīnzhōu or Qīn Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 598 to 1912. Between 607–621 and 742–758 it was known as Ningyue Commandery.[3]

Counties

Qīn Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#NameModern location
1Lingshan (靈山)Lingshan County[4]
2Zunhua (遵化)
3Anyuan (安遠) or Anjing (安京)[5]
4Qinjiang (欽江)
5Neiting (內亭)

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. Shi, p. 1901.
  4. Shi, p. 1362, 2879.
  5. Shi, pp. 1115, 1119, 1901, 399



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.