Lai Prefecture
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| Traditional Chinese | 萊州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 莱州 | ||||||||
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Laizhou or Lai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Laizhou, Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1376.
The modern city of Laizhou, created in 1988, retains its name.
