Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Not to be confused with Lian Prefecture (Guangxi).
Lian Prefecture (連州)
  • Xiping Commandery (熙平郡)
  • Lianshan Commandery (連山郡)

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
Lian Prefecture
Traditional Chinese 連州
Simplified Chinese 连州

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]

Counties

  1. Guiyang (桂陽), modern Lianzhou[4]
  2. Yangshan (陽山), modern Yangshan County[5]
  3. Lianshan (連山), modern Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County[6]

References

  1. ↑ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. ↑ Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. ↑ Shi, p. 1252.
  4. ↑ Shi, p. 2081.
  5. ↑ Shi, p. 1138.
  6. ↑ Shi, pp. 1251–2.


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