Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi)

Hua Prefecture (華州)
  • Tai Prefecture (太州)
  • Huayin Commandery (華陰郡)
  • Dexing Prefecture (德興府)

Population
 • 740s or 750s 223,613[1]
 • 1100s 269,380[2]
History
 • Preceded by Dongyong Prefecture (東雍州)
 • Created 554 (Western Wei)
 • Abolished 1913 (Republic of China)
 • Succeeded by Hua County, Shaanxi
Contained within
 • Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Traditional Chinese 華州
Simplified Chinese 华州

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 554 to 1913.[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Tai Prefecture (685–705, 760–762), Huayin Commandery (742–758) and Dexing Prefecture (897–900).

Counties

  1. Zheng (鄭), modern Hua County[4]
  2. Pucheng (蒲城), modern Pucheng County[5]
  3. Huayin (華陰), modern Huayin[6]
  4. Weinan (渭南), modern Weinan[7]

References

  1. ↑ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 37.
  2. ↑ Song Shi, ch. 89.
  3. ↑ Shi, p. 1017.
  4. ↑ Shi, p. 1643.
  5. ↑ Shi, p. 2659.
  6. ↑ Shi, p. 1018.
  7. ↑ Shi, p. 2615.


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