Bei Prefecture

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Bei Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Bèi Zhōu
Beiprefecture.png
Population
  740s or 750s834,757 [1]
History
  Preceded by Qinghe Commandery
  Created
  Succeeded by En Prefecture
Contained within
   Circuit Hebei Circuit

Beizhou or Bei Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qinghe County in Hebei, China. It existed (intermittently) from 578 to 1048, when its name changed to En Prefecture after Wang Ze's rebellion in the prefecture. [2]

Geography

The administrative region of Bei Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is in the border area of southeastern Hebei and western Shandong. It probably includes parts of modern:

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References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. Shi , p. 401.