Baizhou or Bai Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern southern

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. It existed intermittently from 623 to 1136, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Nanchang

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Counties

Bai Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: *Bobai (博白), roughly modern

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. *Nanchang (南昌) *Jianning (建寧) *Zhouluo (周羅) Nanchang, Jianning, and Zhouluo, all abolished by the

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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