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Hua Prefecture (Guangdong)

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Hua Prefecture (化州)

Population
 • 1070s or 1080sUnknown, 9,373 households[1]
History
 • Preceded byBian Prefecture (辯州)
 • Created980 (Song dynasty)
 • Abolished1912 (R.O. China)
 • Succeeded byHua County, Guangdong
Contained within
 • Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuà Zhōu

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southwestern Guangdong, China. It existed from 980 to 1912.[2]

The modern county-level city Huazhou, Guangdong retains its name.

Counties

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Hua Prefecture administered the following counties () during the Song dynasty:

  1. Shilong (石龍), modern Huazhou, Guangdong.[3]
  2. Wuchuan (吳川), modern Wuchuan, Guangdong.[4]
  3. Shicheng (石城), modern Lianjiang, Guangdong.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Song Shi, ch. 90.
  2. ^ Shi, p. 445.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 577.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 1259.
  5. ^ Shi, p. 589.
  • 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) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].