Wen Prefecture (Zhejiang)
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Historical administrative division in Zhejiang, China
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| Wen Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 溫 州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温 州 | ||||||||
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Wenzhou or Wen Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. It existed (intermittently) from 675 to 1265, when the Song dynasty renamed it Rui'an Prefecture.
The modern prefecture-level city Wenzhou, created in 1949, retains its name.
Geography
[edit ]The administrative region of Wen Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in southeastern coastal Zhejiang, under the administration of Wenzhou. It probably includes parts of modern:
- Wenzhou
- Yueqing
- Yongjia County
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi DiWen Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. p. 2610. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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