Yue Prefecture | |
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Simplified Chinese | 越 州 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yuè Zhōu |
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Population | |
• 740s or 750s | 529,589 [1] |
• 1100s | 367,390 [2] |
History | |
• Preceded by | Kuaiji Commandery |
• Created |
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• Abolished | 1131 ( Song dynasty) |
• Succeeded by | Shaoxing Prefecture |
Contained within | |
• Circuit |
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• Kingdom | Wuyue (907–978) |
• Circuit |
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Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing. [3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.
Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:
# | Sui dynasty | Tang dynasty | Wuyue | Song dynasty | Modern location |
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1 | Kuaiji (會稽) | Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing [4] | |||
2 | Shanyin (山陰) | ||||
3 | Shangyu (上虞) | Shangyu District, Shaoxing [5] | |||
4 | Zhuji (諸暨) |
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Zhuji | Zhuji [6] | |
5 | Shan (剡) | Shan (贍) |
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Shengzhou [7] | |
6 | Xinchang (新昌) | Xinchang County [8] | |||
7 | Yuyao (餘姚) | Yuyao [9] | |||
8 | Xiaoshan (蕭山) | Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou [10] |