Jinghu North Circuit

Jinghu North Circuit
Simplified Chinese	荊 湖 北 路
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīnghú Běi Lù
Jinghu North Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100
Population
• 1162	445,844 [1]
History
• Preceded by	Jinghu Circuit
• Created	998 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1270s (Yuan dynasty)
•  HQ	Jiangling Prefecture

Jinghu North Circuit or Jinghu North Province was one of the circuits during the Song dynasty. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern province of Hunan. ^[2]

Jinghu North Circuit and Jinghu South Circuit were split from Jinghu Circuit in 998.

References

1. Song Shi, ch. 88.
2. Shi , p. 227.

• 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. ISBN   7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].