Fu Prefecture (Fujian)

{{Short description|Historical administrative division in Fujian, China}}

{{infobox historic subdivision

|Name=Fu Prefecture

|AltNameModule={{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|s={{linktext|福|州}}|p=Fú Zhōu}}

|Map=

|preceded_by=Changle Commandery

|Start={{Unbulleted list|725 (Tang dynasty)|758 (Tang dynasty)}}

|End=1278 (Yuan dynasty)

|Replace=Fuzhou Circuit

|PopulationFirst=75,876{{harvnb|Xin Tang Shu|loc=[https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/新唐書/卷041 ch. 41.]}}

|PopulationFirstYear=740s or 750s

|membership_title1=Circuit

|membership1={{Unbulleted list|Jiangnan Circuit|Fujian Circuit}}

}}

Fuzhou or Fu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Fujian, China, seated in modern Fuzhou.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 2965.}} It existed (intermittently) from 725 until 1278.

It was known as Changle Prefecture ({{lang|zh|長樂府}}) between 933 and 948 when it was the capital of Min.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 424.}} It was also briefly known as Fu'an Prefecture ({{lang|zh|福安府}}) between 1276 and 1277 when it was the capital of the Song dynasty.

The modern prefecture-level city Fuzhou retains its name.