Lian Prefecture (Guangxi)

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

{{infobox historic subdivision

|Name=Lian Prefecture (廉州)

|AltName=Hepu Commandery (合浦郡)

|Map=260px

|Start=634 (Tang dynasty)

|End=1381 (Ming dynasty)

|Replace=Lianzhou Prefecture

|PopulationFirst=3,029{{harvnb|Xin Tang Shu|loc=[http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/新唐書/卷043上 ch. 43.]}}

|PopulationFirstYear=740s or 750s

|PopulationSecond=Unknown, 7,500 households{{harvnb|Song Shi|loc=[http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/宋史/卷090 ch. 90.]}}

|PopulationSecondYear=1070s or 1080s

|membership_title1=Circuit

|membership1={{Unbulleted list|Guangnan Circuit|Guangnan West Circuit}}

}}

{{Chinese|c={{linktext|廉|州}}|p=Lián Zhōu}}

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 634 to 1381. Between 742 and 758 it was known as Hepu Commandery.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=p. 2714.}}

Counties

Lian Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: Hepu (合浦), Shikang (石康), Cailong (蔡龍), Dalian (大廉), and Fengshan (封山). Its administrative area corresponds to modern Beihai, Hepu County, and Pubei County.{{harvnb|Shi|loc=pp. 1039, 598, 2785, 154, 1748.}}

References

{{cite book|editor-last=Shi Weile|year=2005|title=Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典)|trans-title=Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names|publisher=China Social Sciences Press|isbn=7-5004-4929-1|language=zh|ref={{harvid|Shi}}}}
{{in lang|zh}} {{cite book|editor-last=Ouyang Xiu|title=Xin Tang Shu|trans-title=New Book of Tang|year=1060|ref={{harvid|Xin Tang Shu}}|display-editors=etal}}
{{in lang|zh}} {{cite book|editor-last=Toqto'a|title=Song Shi|trans-title=History of Song|year=1345|ref={{harvid|Song Shi}}|display-editors=etal}}

Category:Prefectures of the Tang dynasty

Category:Prefectures of Southern Han

Category:Guangnan West Circuit

Category:Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty

Category:Prefectures of the Ming dynasty

Category:Former prefectures in Guangxi