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Hua Prefecture (Guangdong)

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Prefecture in imperial China Not to be confused with Hua Prefecture (Henan) or Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi).
Hua Prefecture (化州)

Population
 • 1070s or 1080sUnknown, 9,373 households
History
 • Preceded byBian Prefecture (辯州)
 • Created980 (Song dynasty)
 • Abolished1912 (R.O. China)
 • Succeeded byHua County, Guangdong
Contained within
 • Circuit
Hua Prefecture
Chinese化州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuà Zhōu

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southwestern Guangdong, China. It existed from 980 to 1912.

The modern county-level city Huazhou, Guangdong retains its name.

Counties

Hua Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) during the Song dynasty:

  1. Shilong (石龍), modern Huazhou, Guangdong.
  2. Wuchuan (吳川), modern Wuchuan, Guangdong.
  3. Shicheng (石城), modern Lianjiang, Guangdong.

References

  1. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  2. Shi, p. 445.
  3. Shi, p. 577.
  4. Shi, p. 1259.
  5. Shi, p. 589.
  • 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].


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