Duan Prefecture
Former prefecture in imperial China
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Duanzhou or Duan Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangdong, China, centering on modern Zhaoqing.[3] Duan Prefecture was a major production center of inkstones.
Hanyu PinyinDuān Zhōu
| Duan Prefecture | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 端州 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Duān Zhōu |
| |
| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 21,120[1] |
| • 1070s or 1080s | 25,130[2] |
| History | |
| • Preceded by | Gaoyao Commandery |
| • Created |
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| • Abolished | 1118 (Song dynasty) |
| • Succeeded by | Zhaoqing Prefecture |
| Contained within | |
| • Circuit |
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The modern Duanzhou District in Zhaoqing is named after the prefecture.
Counties
Duan Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history (Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, Southern Han and Song dynasty):
- Gaoyao (高要), roughly modern Zhaoqing city proper (probably around Gaoyao District).[4]
- Pingxing (平興), roughly modern Gaoming District, Foshan. Pingxing was abolished by the Song dynasty in 972.[5]
- Sihui (四會), roughly modern Sihui. Sihui was only under the administration of Duan Prefecture in the Song dynasty.[6]
