Sui Prefecture (Shaanxi)
Suizhou or Sui Prefecture (綏州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Suide County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 552 to 1069. In the 10th- and 11th-centuries it was mostly controlled by the Tangut people as part of Western Xia (1038–1227) or its precursor, the Dingnan Jiedushi, although it became Song dynasty territory again in 1067.
Geography[]
The administrative region of Suizhou during the Tang dynasty is in modern northern Shaanxi. It probably includes parts of modern:
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. 2264. 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 Western Xia
- Former prefectures in Shaanxi
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