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Lu Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	廬州
Hanyu Pinyin	Lú Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	205,396
• 1100s	178,359
History
• Preceded by	Lujiang Commandery
• Created	581 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1277 (Yuan dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Luzhou Route
Contained within
• Circuit	Huainan Circuit Huainan West Circuit (1072–1277)

Luzhou or Lu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Hefei, Anhui, China. It existed (intermittently) from 581 to 1277.

Counties

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

During the Five Dynasties period, Lu Prefecture was administered by Wu from 907 to 937, by Southern Tang from 937 to 958, and by Later Zhou (who seized the prefecture from Southern Tang during the Southern Tang–Later Zhou War) from 958 to 960.

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
2. Song Shi, ch. 88.
3. Shi, p. 1307.
4. Shi, p. 1038.
5. Shi, pp. 2747, 2459.
6. Shi, pp. 2944, 2480.
7. Shi, p. 1307.
8. Shi, p. 2577.

• 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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