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Jiangnanxidao (Chinese: 江南西道, Circuit of Western Jiangnan; Gan: Kongnomsitau) was a southern circuit of Tang Empire. It corresponds to part of present-day Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui. Jiangnanxidao is the origin where the name "Jiangxi" derives from, and its administrative territories also roughly represent nowadays Gan-speaking areas in China.
Jiangnanxidao was split from Jiangnandao in 733 with its capital located in Hongzhou (洪州, Gan: Fungjiu), modern-day Nanchang. Jiangnanxidao was divided into nineteen prefectures, namely:
- Xuanzhou, 宣州
- Shezhou, 歙州
- Chizhou, 池州
- Hongzhou, 洪州
- Jiangzhou, 江州
- Ezhou, 鄂州
- Yuezhou, 岳州
- Raozhou, 饒州
- Qianzhou, 虔州
- Jizhou, 吉州
- Yuanzhou, 袁州
- Xinzhou, 信州
- Fuzhou, 撫州
- Tanzhou, 潭州
- Hengzhou, 衡州
- Yongzhou, 永州
- Daozhou, 道州
- Binzhou, 郴州
- Shaozhou, 邵州
References
- Xu Huailin (1993). Jiangxi Tongzhi. Jiangxi University Press. p. 118. ISBN 9787810331432.
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