Zheng Prefecture
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Hanyu PinyinZhèng Zhōu
| Zheng Prefecture | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 鄭州 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhèng Zhōu |
| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 367,881[1] |
| • 1100s | 41,848[2] |
| History | |
| • Preceded by | Xingyang Commandery |
| • Created |
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| • Abolished | 1913 (Republic of China) |
| • Succeeded by | Zheng County |
| Contained within | |
| • Circuit |
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Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.[3]
The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.