Guǎng Prefecture

Guǎngzhōu or Guǎng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in the Pearl River Delta. Its administrative area contained parts of modern Guangdong, as well as both modern Hong Kong and Macau. Between 601 and 607 it was known as Pan Prefecture, between 742 and 758 as Nanhai Commandery, and in the 10th century (before 971) as Xingwang Prefecture (as the capital of Southern Han).[3]

Guǎng Prefecture (廣州) Pan Prefecture (番州) Nanhai Commandery (南海郡) Xingwang Prefecture (興王府)
Population
• 740s or 750s	221,500[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 143,261 households[2]
History
• Abolished	1278 (Yuan dynasty)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Guǎng Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	廣州
Simplified Chinese	广州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎng Zhōu

The modern sub-provincial city Guangzhou, established in 1918, retains its name.

Counties

1. Nanhai (南海)
2. Panyu (番禺)
3. Zengcheng (增城)
4. Qingyuan (清遠)
5. Huaiji (懷集)
6. Dongguan (東筦)
7. Xinhui (新會)
8. Yining (義寧) or Xin'an (信安)
9. Sihui (四會)
10. Xiangshan (香山)
11. Huameng (化蒙)
12. Jianshui (洊水)
13. Chengyang (湞陽)
14. Hankuang (浛洭)

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
3. Shi, p. 222.

• 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) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].