Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Lian Prefecture
Lian Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	連州
Simplified Chinese	连州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lián Zhōu

Lian Prefecture (連州)
Xiping Commandery (熙平郡)
Lianshan Commandery (連山郡)
Lian Prefecture (連州) Xiping Commandery (熙平郡); Lianshan Commandery (連山郡);
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Population
• 740s or 750s	143,533
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 36,943 households
History
• Created	590 (Sui dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Lian County
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty:; Lingnan Circuit; Song dynasty:; Guangnan Circuit; Guangnan West Circuit;

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern Guangdong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 590 to 1912. Between mid-600s and 621 it was known as Xiping Commandery, and between 742 and 758 as Lianshan Commandery.^[3]

Counties

Guiyang (桂陽), modern Lianzhou^[4]
Yangshan (陽山), modern Yangshan County^[5]
Lianshan (連山), modern Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County^[6]

References

^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
^ Song Shi, ch. 90.
^ Shi, p. 1252.
^ Shi, p. 2081.
^ Shi, p. 1138.
^ Shi, pp. 1251–2.

Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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[1] Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.

[2] Song Shi, ch. 90.

[3] Shi, p. 1252.

[4] Shi, p. 2081.

[5] Shi, p. 1138.

[6] Shi, pp. 1251–2.

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