Bai Prefecture
| Bai Prefecture (白州) Nanchang Commandery (南昌郡) | |
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| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 9,498 |
| • 1070s or 1080s | Unknown, 4,589 households |
| History | |
| • Preceded by | Nan Prefecture (南州) |
| • Created | 623 (Tang dynasty) |
| • Abolished | 1136 (Song dynasty) |
| Contained within | |
| • Circuit | |
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| Chinese | 白州 | ||||||
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| Nanchang Commandery | |||||||
| Chinese | 南昌郡 | ||||||
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Baizhou or Bai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southern Guangxi, China. It existed intermittently from 623 to 1136, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Nanchang Commandery.
Counties
Bai Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:
- Bobai (博白), roughly modern Bobai County.
- Nanchang (南昌)
- Jianning (建寧)
- Zhouluo (周羅)
Nanchang, Jianning, and Zhouluo, all abolished by the Song dynasty in 972, are probably all in modern Bobai County.
References
- 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].
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