Lin'an Prefecture

Lin'an Prefecture
Chinese	臨安府
Mandarin	Lín'ān Fǔ
History
• Preceded by	Hang Prefecture
• Created	1129 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1277 (Yuan dynasty)
• Succeeded by
• HQ	Qiantang (錢塘)
Contained within
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (before 1160s) (after 1160s)

Lin'an Prefecture (1129–1277) was after 1138 the capital of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). With over one million people by 1276, it was the most populous city in the world and according to Jacques Gernet, also the "most advanced". Lin'an Prefecture was located in modern northern Zhejiang around Hangzhou. Its administrative area is different from that of the modern prefecture-level city of Hangzhou.

Lin'an Prefecture fell to the Mongols in 1276.

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. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.

Further reading[]

• Lam, Joseph S. C.; Lin, Shuen-fu; de Pee, Christian; Powers, Martin (eds.). Senses of the City: Perceptions of Hangzhou and Southern Song China, 1127–1279. CUHK Press – via Project MUSE.

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