Lei Prefecture

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Lei Prefecture (雷州)
Haikang Commandery (海康郡)
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Population
  740s or 750s20,572 [1]
  1070s or 1080sUnknown, 13,784 households [2]
History
  Preceded by Donghe Prefecture (東合州)
  Created634 (Tang dynasty)
  Abolished1278 (Yuan dynasty)
  Succeeded byLeizhou Pacification Commission (雷州安撫司)
Contained within
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Lei Prefecture
Chinese
Haikang Commandery
Chinese

Leizhou or Lei Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong. It existed from 634 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Haikang Commandery (also translated as Haikang Prefecture). [3]

The modern county-level city Leizhou retains its name.

Counties

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

  1. Haikang (海康), roughly modern Leizhou. [4]
  2. Suixi (遂溪), roughly modern Suixi County, Guangdong and Mazhang District, Zhanjiang. Suixi was created in 742 by merging two counties, Tiepa (鐵杷) and Shenchuan (椹川). [5]
  3. Xuwen (徐聞), roughly modern Xuwen County. [6]

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References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. Shi , p. 2681.
  4. Shi , p. 2219.
  5. Shi , p. 2128, 2668, 2599.
  6. Shi , p. 2147.