Qīn Prefecture

Qīnzhōu or Qīn Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 598 to 1912. Between 607–621 and 742–758 it was known as Ningyue Commandery.[3]

Qīn Prefecture (欽州) Ningyue Commandery (寧越郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	10,146[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 10,552 households[2]
History
• Preceded by	An Prefecture
• Created	598 (Sui dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Qin County, Guangxi
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Qīn Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	欽州
Simplified Chinese	钦州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīn Zhōu

Counties

Qīn Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Name	Modern location
1	Lingshan (靈山)	Lingshan County[4]
2	Zunhua (遵化)
3	Anyuan (安遠) or Anjing (安京)	Qinzhou Fangchenggang Dongxing, Guangxi [5]
4	Qinjiang (欽江)
5	Neiting (內亭)

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
3. Shi, p. 1901.
4. Shi, p. 1362, 2879.
5. Shi, pp. 1115, 1119, 1901, 399

• 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].