Guāng Prefecture
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Guang Prefecture (光州) was a prefecture of imperial China centered on modern Huangchuan County, Henan. It was created in the 6th century under the Liang dynasty and existed intermittently until 1913, after the establishment of the Republic.
Geography
[edit]The administrative region of Guangzhou in the Tang dynasty is in the border area between modern southeastern Henan and western Anhui (as well as northeastern Hubei). It probably includes parts of modern:
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. p. 974. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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- Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of Yang Wu
- Prefectures of Southern Tang
- Prefectures of Later Zhou
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
- Prefectures of the Ming dynasty
- Prefectures of the Qing dynasty
- Former prefectures in Henan
- Former prefectures in Anhui
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