Hua Prefecture (滑州)
  • Yan Prefecture (兗州)
  • Dong Commandery (東郡)
  • Lingchang Commandery (靈昌郡)

Population
 • 740s or 750s422,790[1]
 • 1100s81,988[2]
History
 • Created596 (Sui dynasty)
 • Abolished1374 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
 • Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Chinese滑州

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 596 to 1374.[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Yan Prefecture (606–607), Dong Commandery (607–618) and Lingchang Commandery (742–758).

Counties

During the Song dynasty, Hua Prefecture administered the following counties (縣):

  1. Baima (白馬), roughly modern Hua County[4]
  2. Weicheng (韋城), also roughly modern Hua County[5]
  3. Zuocheng (胙城), Yanjin County[6]

References

  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 2616.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 770.
  5. ^ Shi, p. 316.
  6. ^ Shi, p. 1942.


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