Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)
Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (''Yuè'') from the area's former inhabitants .... It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture. Counties Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: References * * * 605 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1131 disestablishments in Asia 12th-century disestablishments in China Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of Wuyue Liangzhe East Circuit Shaoxing Former prefectures in Zhejiang {{China-hist-stub ...
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Zhou (country Subdivision)
''Zhou'' () were historical administrative and political divisions of China. Formally established during the Han dynasty, ''zhou'' existed continuously in 1912—a period of over 2000 years. ''Zhou'' were also previously used in Korea (, ''ju''), Vietnam ( vi, châu), and . Overview ''Zhou'' is typically rendered by several terms in the English language: * The large ''zhou'' before the Tang dynasty