Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi)

Hua Prefecture (華州)
  • Tai Prefecture (太州)
  • Huayin Commandery (華陰郡)
  • Dexing Prefecture (德興府)

Population
  740s or 750s 223,613[1]
  1100s 269,380[2]
History
  Preceded by Dongyong Prefecture (東雍州)
  Created 554 (Western Wei)
  Abolished 1913 (Republic of China)
  Succeeded by Hua County, Shaanxi
Contained within
  Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 554 to 1913.[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Tai Prefecture (685–705, 760–762), Huayin Commandery (742–758) and Dexing Prefecture (897–900).

Counties

  1. Zheng (鄭), modern Hua County[4]
  2. Pucheng (蒲城), modern Pucheng County[5]
  3. Huayin (華陰), modern Huayin[6]
  4. Weinan (渭南), modern Weinan[7]

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 37.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 89.
  3. Shi, p. 1017.
  4. Shi, p. 1643.
  5. Shi, p. 2659.
  6. Shi, p. 1018.
  7. Shi, p. 2615.


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