Si Prefecture (Huai valley)
Sizhou or Si Prefecture (泗州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Xuyi County, Jiangsu, China or its adjacent Si County, Anhui, China. It existed (intermittently) from 580 to 1912.
Geography[]
The administrative region of Sizhou in the Tang dynasty is in the border area of modern northwestern Jiangsu and northern Anhui. It probably includes parts of modern:
- Under the administration of Suqian, Jiangsu:
- Under the administration of Xuzhou, Jiangsu:
- Under the administration of Huai'an, Jiangsu:
- Under the administration of Lianyungang, Jiangsu:
- Under the administration of Suzhou, Anhui:
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. 1667. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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- Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
- Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty
- Departments of the Qing dynasty
- Prefectures of Yang Wu
- Prefectures of Southern Tang
- Prefectures of Later Zhou
- Former prefectures in Anhui
- Former prefectures in Jiangsu
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