Historical administrative division in Hunan, China
Tanzhou or Tan Prefecture (潭州) was a zhou (prefecture) in
imperial China centering on modern
Changsha,
Hunan,
China. In the
Yuan dynasty it was known as Tanzhou Route (潭州路) and in the
Ming dynasty as Tanzhou Prefecture (潭州府). It existed (intermittently) from 589 to 1372.
Geography
The administrative region of Tanzhou in the
Tang dynasty falls within modern eastern
Hunan. It probably includes modern:
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. p. 2883.
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