Mi Prefecture

"Mizhou" redirects here. For the modern subdistrict in Zhucheng, see Mizhou Subdistrict.

Mi Prefecture
Chinese 密州
Mandarin Mì Zhōu

Population
 • 740s or 750s 146,524[1]
 • 1100s 327,340[2]
History
 • Preceded by Gaomi Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished 1368 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
 • Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.[3]

Counties

Mi Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#Sui dynastyTang dynastyLater LiangLater TangModern location
1Zhucheng (諸城)Zhucheng[4]
2Anqiu (安丘)Futang (輔唐)AnqiuFutangJiaoxi (膠西)AnqiuAnqiu[5]
3JiaoxiJiaozhou City[6]
4Gaomi (高密)Gaomi[7]
5Ju (莒)Ju County[8]

References

  1. ↑ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. ↑ Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. ↑ Shi, p. 2465.
  4. ↑ Shi, p. 2236.
  5. ↑ Shi, pp. 1107, 2336, 2153.
  6. ↑ Shi, p. 2153.
  7. ↑ Shi, p. 2176.
  8. ↑ Shi, p. 1767.
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