Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Lian Prefecture (連州) Xiping Commandery (熙平郡) Lianshan Commandery (連山郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	143,533[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 36,943 households[2]
History
• Created	590 (Sui dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Lian County
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern Guangdong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 590 to 1912. Between mid-600s and 621 it was known as Xiping Commandery, and between 742 and 758 as Lianshan Commandery.^[3]