Caozhou or Cao Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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centering on modern Heze or Cao County in

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. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1913.

Geography

Under the Sui, Cao Prefecture included Yuanqu County. The administrative region of Caozhou in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

is in the border region of modern southwestern

and eastern

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

. It probably includes parts of modern: * Under the administration of Heze, Shandong: ** Heze ** Cao County ** Dingtao County ** Chengwu County ** Dongming County * Under the administration of

Shangqiu Shangqiu ( zh, ), Postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast ...

, Henan: ** Minquan County

References

* Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Prefectures of the Qing dynasty Former prefectures in Henan Former prefectures in Shandong {{China-hist-stub