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Qiong Prefecture (Hainan)

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Qiong Prefecture (瓊州)
Qiongshan Commandery (瓊山郡)

Population
 • 740s or 750sUnknown, 649 households[1]
 • 1070s or 1080sUnknown, 8,963 households[2]
History
 • Created631 (Tang dynasty)
 • Abolished1329 (Yuan dynasty)
 • Succeeded byQianning Tribal Pacification Commission (乾寧軍民安撫司)
Contained within
 • Circuit
Qiong Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQióng Zhōu
Qiongshan Commandery
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQióngshān Jùn

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northeastern Hainan, China. It existed from 631 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Qiongshan Commandery (also translated as Qiongshan Prefecture).[3]

Counties

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In the Tang dynasty, Qiong Prefecture administered the following counties ():

Yanluo was abolished late in the Tang dynasty, while Zengkou was abolished by Southern Han. In the Song dynasty, Qiong Prefecture again administered 5 counties, including:

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 2482.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 2481.
  5. ^ Shi, p. 1862.
  6. ^ Shi, p. 812.
  7. ^ Shi, p. 2599.
  8. ^ Shi, p. 2878.
  9. ^ Shi, p. 2889.
  10. ^ Shi, p. 492.
  • 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. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
  • (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].