Jinan Prefecture
Historical administrative division in China
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Jinan Prefecture (濟南府), historically romanized as Tsinanfu, was a fu (prefecture) that existed in central Shandong from 1116 to 1913, its administrative center was in today's Licheng, Jinan.
| Jinan Prefecture 濟南府 | |||||||||
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| Prefecture of Imperial China | |||||||||
| 1116–1913 | |||||||||
![](#/media/File:亜細亜大観_05_170_"湖畔に聳ゆる北極廟_（濟南）".jpg) Beiji Pavillion in the early 20th century | |||||||||
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| Map of Jinan Fu with in Shandong Province in 1820 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1116 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1913 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Jinan, Tai'an, Yucheng, Qihe, and Linyi | ||||||||
History
In 1116, during Song dynasty, Qizhou was elevated to Jinan Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of Jingdong Eastern Circuit[1], poets like Xin Qiji and Li Qingzhao were born here. In later periods, Jinan Prefecture belonged to Shandong Eastern Circuit[2]. At the beginning of the Yuan dynasty, it was reorganized as Jinan Route (Jinan Lu). Near the end of the Yuan dynasty, Banyan Route was changed into Zichuan Directly-Administered Prefecture (Zichuan Zhili Zhou). In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang restored it to a prefecture. Bohai County, Yanci County, Fengfu County, and Ande County were abolished, and their territories were placed under the direct jurisdiction of Binzhou, Dizhou, Tai’an Prefecture, and Dezhou.
After Ming was established, in 1369, Dezhou was changed from a directly-administered prefecture into a scattered prefecture (san-zhou), with Ling County placed under its administration; Zichuan Prefecture was downgraded to a county; Laiwu County was reassigned to Tai'an Prefecture; Putai County was reassigned to Binzhou; and Leling County to Dizhou. Qingcheng County was abolished and divided between Qidong County and Zouping County.
In 1373, Dizhou was renamed Le'an Prefecture (Le'an Zhou). In 1375, Ling County was merged into Dezhou. In 1376, Zichuan County was elevated to a prefecture. In 1377, Zichuan Prefecture was again downgraded to a county; in the next year, the capital of Shandong was moved from Qingzhou to Jinan[3]. Since then, Licheng county was the administrative seat of three levels of government—Licheng County, Jinan Prefecture, as well as Shandong Province, and this was known as attached county[4].
In 1724 during Qing dynasty, Tai'an Prefecture, Bin Prefecture, and Wuding Prefecture—previously under Jinan Prefecture—were elevated to directly-administered prefectures (直隸州), with the nine counties of Xintai, Laiwu, Changqing, Lijin, Zhanhua, Putai, Yangxin, Haifeng, and Leling placed under their supervision. In 1734, Qingcheng and Shanghe—previously under Jinan Prefecture—were reassigned to Wuding Prefecture, and Feicheng County was reassigned to Tai’an Prefecture, while Changqing, Pingyuan, Yucheng, Linyi, and Ling County, which had earlier been detached, remained under Jinan Prefecture.
After the Xinhai Revolution, imperial rule was replaced by Republic of China; in 1913, Jinan Prefecture was abolished.
Divisions
| Period | Total | Subordinate Units |
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| Northern Song, 1116 | Five counties | |
| Jin dynasty | Seven counties and twenty-nine towns | |
| Ming dynasty, Jingtai era | Four subprefectures and twenty-six counties: | Subprefectures:
Counties: |
| Qing dynasty, Yongzheng era | One subprefecture and fifteen counties | Subprefecture:
Counties: |