Chizhou or Chi Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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Chizhou Chizhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Anhui province, China. It borders Anqing to the northwest, Tongling and Wuhu to the northeast, Xuancheng to the east, Huangshan to the southeast, and the province of Jiangxi to the southwest ...

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. It existed (intermittently) from 621 until 1277. The modern prefectural-level city Chizhou, created in 2000, retains its name.

Counties

Chi Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

References

* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Yang Wu Prefectures of Southern Tang Prefectures of the Song dynasty Former prefectures in Anhui Chizhou 621 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1277 disestablishments in Asia 13th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub