Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern northeastern

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. It existed from 631 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Qiongshan

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(also translated as Qiongshan Prefecture).

Counties

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 ...

, Qiong Prefecture administered the following counties (): *Qiongshan (), roughly modern

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*Lingao (), roughly modern

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*Lehui (), roughly modern

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*Zengkou (), roughly modern

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*Yanluo (), roughly modern southern Haikou or

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Yanluo was abolished late in the Tang dynasty, while Zengkou was abolished by

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. In the

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, Qiong Prefecture again administered 5 counties, including: *Qiongshan *Lingao *Lehui *Chengmai (), roughly modern

*Wenchang (), roughly modern

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* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Guangnan West Circuit Prefectures of Southern Han Former prefectures in Hainan Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty 631 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1329 disestablishments in Asia 14th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub