Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi)

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Hua Prefecture (華州)
  • Tai Prefecture (太州)
  • Huayin Commandery (華陰郡)
  • Dexing Prefecture (德興府)
File:Huaprefecture.png
Population
 • 740s or 750s223,613[1]
 • 1100s269,380[2]
History
 • Preceded byDongyong Prefecture (東雍州)
 • Created554 (Western Wei)
 • Abolished1913 (Republic of China)
 • Succeeded byHua County, Shaanxi
Contained within
 • Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuá Zhōu

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 554 to 1913.[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Tai Prefecture (685–705, 760–762), Huayin Commandery (742–758) and Dexing Prefecture (897–900).

Counties

  1. Zheng (), modern Hua County[4]
  2. Pucheng (蒲城), modern Pucheng County[5]
  3. Huayin (華陰), modern Huayin[6]
  4. Weinan (渭南), modern Weinan[7]

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 37.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 89.
  3. Shi, p. 1017.
  4. Shi, p. 1643.
  5. Shi, p. 2659.
  6. Shi, p. 1018.
  7. Shi, p. 2615.
  • Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in 中文). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
  • (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].