Daozhou or Dao Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

imperial China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...

centering on modern

Dao County Dao County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northeastern border of Guangxi. The county borders to the ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. In the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

it was known as Daozhou Route () and in the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

(briefly) as Daozhou Prefecture (). It existed (intermittently) from 634 to 1913.

Geography

The administrative region of Daozhou 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 ...

falls within modern

Yongzhou Yongzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao River, Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guang ...

in southern

. It probably includes modern: *

Jiangyong County Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...

Ningyuan County Ningyuan County ( zh, t= , s= , p=Níngyuǎn Xiàn) is a counties of China, county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou, Yongzhou prefecture-level City. also see Located on the southern part of the province ...

Xintian County Xintian County () is a counties of China, county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the southern part of the province and the west of Yongzhou, the county is border ...

Jianghua Yao Autonomous County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

References

* Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Jinghu South Circuit Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty Former prefectures in Hunan Departments of the Qing dynasty Prefectures of Ma Chu Prefectures of Southern Han Populated places established in the 7th century 634 establishments 1913 disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub