Cháng Prefecture
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Changzhou or Chang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. It existed (intermittently) from 589 until 1277, when the Yuan dynasty renamed it .
The modern prefecture-level city Changzhou, created in 1949, retains its name.
Geography[]
The administrative region of Chang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern southern Jiangsu directly to the north of Lake Tai. It probably includes parts of modern:
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References[]
- 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. 2339. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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- Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of Yang Wu
- Prefectures of Southern Tang
- Liangzhe West Circuit
- Former prefectures in Jiangsu
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