Mi Prefecture

Mi Prefecture
Simplified Chinese密州
Hanyu PinyinMì Zhōu
Population
 • 740s or 750s146,524
 • 1100s327,340
History
 • Preceded byGaomi Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1368 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
 • Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.

Counties

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

#Sui dynastyTang dynastyLater LiangLater TangModern location
1Zhucheng (諸城)Zhucheng
2Anqiu (安丘)Futang (輔唐)AnqiuFutangJiaoxi (膠西)AnqiuAnqiu
3JiaoxiJiaozhou City
4Gaomi (高密)Gaomi
5Ju (莒)Ju County

References

  1. ↑ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. ↑ Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. ↑ Shi, p. 2465.
  4. ↑ Shi, p. 2236.
  5. ↑ Shi, pp. 1107, 2336, 2153.
  6. ↑ Shi, p. 2153.
  7. ↑ Shi, p. 2176.
  8. ↑ Shi, p. 1767.