Yun Prefecture (Shanxi)
Appearance
Yunzhou or Yun Prefecture (Chinese: 雲州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Datong, Shanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 640 to 1044.
It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures.
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. 320. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
Categories:
- Former prefectures in Shanxi
- Sixteen Prefectures
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of Later Tang
- Prefectures of the Liao dynasty
- 640 establishments
- 640s disestablishments
- 7th-century establishments in China
- 1040s disestablishments in Asia
- 11th-century disestablishments in China
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