Qīn Prefecture

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Qīn Prefecture (欽州)
Ningyue Commandery (寧越郡)

Population
 • 740s or 750s10,146[1]
 • 1070s or 1080sUnknown, 10,552 households[2]
History
 • Preceded byAn Prefecture
 • Created598 (Sui dynasty)
 • Abolished1912 (R.O. China)
 • Succeeded byQin County, Guangxi
Contained within
 • Circuit
Qīn Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Qīnzhōu or Qīn Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 598 to 1912. Between 607–621 and 742–758 it was known as Ningyue Commandery.[3]

Counties[edit]

Qīn Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

# Name Modern location
1 Lingshan (靈山) Lingshan County[4]
2 Zunhua (遵化)
3 Anyuan (安遠) or Anjing (安京) [5]
4 Qinjiang (欽江)
5 Neiting (內亭)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 1901.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 1362, 2879.
  5. ^ Shi, pp. 1115, 1119, 1901, 399
  • 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) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].