Guǎngzhōu or Guǎng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in the Pearl River Delta. Its administrative area contained parts of modern Guangdong, as well as both modern Hong Kong and Macau. Between 601 and 607 it was known as Pan Prefecture, between 742 and 758 as Nanhai Commandery, and in the 10th century (before 971) as Xingwang Prefecture (as the capital of Southern Han).[3]
Guǎng Prefecture (廣州)
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| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 221,500[1] |
| • 1070s or 1080s | Unknown, 143,261 households[2] |
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| • Circuit | |
| Guǎng Prefecture | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州 | ||||||
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The modern sub-provincial city Guangzhou, established in 1918, retains its name.
Counties
edit- Nanhai (南海)
- Panyu (番禺)
- Zengcheng (增城)
- Qingyuan (清遠)
- Huaiji (懷集)
- Dongguan (東筦)
- Xinhui (新會)
- Yining (義寧) or Xin'an (信安)
- Sihui (四會)
- Xiangshan (香山)
- Huameng (化蒙)
- Jianshui (洊水)
- Chengyang (湞陽)
- Hankuang (浛洭)
References
edit- 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 Chinese). 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].
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