Hua Prefecture (Guangdong)

Hua Prefecture
Hua Prefecture
Chinese	化州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huà Zhōu

Hua Prefecture (化州)
Hua Prefecture (化州)
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Population
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 9,373 households
History
• Preceded by	Bian Prefecture (辯州)
• Created	980 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Hua County, Guangdong
Contained within
• Circuit	Guangnan Circuit; Guangnan West Circuit;

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[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

^ Song Shi, ch. 90.
^ Shi, p. 445.
^ Shi, p. 577.
^ Shi, p. 1259.
^ 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].

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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.

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