Lian Prefecture (連州)
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Population | |
• 740s or 750s | 143,533[1] |
• 1070s or 1080s | Unknown, 36,943 households[2] |
History | |
• Created | 590 (Sui dynasty) |
• Abolished | 1912 (R.O. China) |
• Succeeded by | Lian County |
Contained within | |
• Circuit |
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Traditional Chinese | 連州 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 连州 | ||||||
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Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern Guangdong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 590 to 1912. Between mid-600s and 621 it was known as Xiping Commandery, and between 742 and 758 as Lianshan Commandery.[3]