Dizhou or Di Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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centering on modern

Huimin County Huimin County () is a county of northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Binzhou City. The population in 2020 was 569,975. Geography and climate Huimin County has a monsoon-influenced, humid ...

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. It existed (intermittently) from 586 to 1373, after which it was renamed to Le'an Prefecture.

Geography

The administrative region of Dizhou 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 ...

is in modern northern

. It probably includes modern: *Under the administration of

Binzhou Binzhou (, ), formerly Putai, is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. The city proper sits on the northern bank of the Yellow River, while its administrative area straddles both sides of its ...

: **Binzhou **

** Yangxin County *Under the administration of

Dongying Dongying ( zh, s=东营 , t=東營 , p=Dōngyíng), is a prefecture-level city on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of ...

: **

Lijin County Lijin County () is a county of Shandong province, People's Republic of China, situated on the northwestern (left) bank of the Yellow River The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the List of rive ...

*Under the administration of

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

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Shanghe County Shanghe County () is under the administration of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization ...

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* Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Song dynasty Former prefectures in Shandong Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of Later Zhou Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Han (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Liang (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty {{China-hist-stub

Geography

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