Huainan Circuit

Huainan Circuit
Chinese	淮南道 or 淮南路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáinán Dào / Huáinán Lù

Huainan Circuit or Huainan Province was one of the major circuits during the Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties period, and early Song dynasty. Huainan was also the name of Wu, whose territorial claims was nearly identical to the circuit. In 1072 during the Song dynasty it was divided into 2 circuits: Huainan East Circuit and Huainan West Circuit.

Its administrative area, between the Huai River and Yangtze, corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, southern Henan and northern Hubei, with a tiny part of Jiangxi.

Song dynasty

The circuit administered roughly 22 prefectures (including 1 superior prefecture and 4 military prefectures) and 71 counties.

References

• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi (宋史) [History of Song].
• 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. p. 2444. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.