Jinghu South Circuit

Jinghu South Circuit or Jinghu South Province was one of the circuits during the Song dynasty. Its administrative area corresponds roughly to the modern province of Hunan.[2]

Jinghu South Circuit
Chinese	荊湖南路
Mandarin	Jīnghú Nàn Lù
Jinghu South Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100
Population
• 1162	2,136,767[1]
History
• Preceded by	Jinghu Circuit
• Created	998 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1270s (Yuan dynasty)
• HQ	Tan Prefecture

Jinghu South Circuit and Jinghu North Circuit were split from Jinghu Circuit in 998.

References

1. Song Shi, ch. 88.
2. Shi, p. 227.

• 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) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].