Baizhou or Bai Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southern Guangxi, China. It existed intermittently from 623 to 1136, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Nanchang Commandery.

Counties

Bai Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: *Bobai (博白), roughly modern Bobai County. *Nanchang (南昌) *Jianning (建寧) *Zhouluo (周羅) Nanchang, Jianning, and Zhouluo, all abolished by the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the res ...

in 972, are probably all in modern Bobai County.

References

* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Southern Han Guangnan West Circuit Former prefectures in Guangxi 623 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1130s disestablishments in Asia 12th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub