| Bai Prefecture (白州) Nanchang Commandery (南昌郡) | |
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| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 9,498[1] |
| • 1070s or 1080s | Unknown, 4,589 households[2] |
| History | |
| • Preceded by | Nan Prefecture (南州) |
| • Created | 623 (Tang dynasty) |
| • Abolished | 1136 (Song dynasty) |
| Contained within | |
| • Circuit |
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| Chinese | 白州 | ||||||
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| Chinese | 南昌郡 | ||||||
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Baizhou or Bai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southern Guangxi, China. It existed intermittently from 623 to 1136, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Nanchang Commandery.[3]
Bai Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:
Nanchang, Jianning, and Zhouluo, all abolished by the Song dynasty in 972, are probably all in modern Bobai County.