Duanzhou or Duan Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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, centering on modern

Zhaoqing Zhaoqing ( zh, c=肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanz ...

. Duan Prefecture was a major production center of

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s. The modern

Duanzhou District Duanzhou District () is a district of Zhaoqing, Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, fi ...

in Zhaoqing is named after the prefecture.

Counties

Duan Prefecture administered the following counties () through history (

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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 ...

Southern Han Southern Han ( zh , t = 南漢 , p = Nán Hàn , j=Naam4 Hon3; 917–971), officially Han ( zh , t = 漢 , links=no), originally Yue ( zh , c = 越 , links=no), was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms that existed during the ...

and

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): #Gaoyao (), roughly modern

city proper (probably around

Gaoyao District Gaoyao, alternately romanized as Koyiu, is an urban district of Zhaoqing in western Guangdong, China. Its population in 2020 was 741,591. Name Gaoyao () is a former name of the Lingyang Gorge on the Xi River. It was originally the name ...

). #Pingxing (), roughly modern Gaoming District,

Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

. Pingxing was abolished by the Song dynasty in 972. #Sihui (), roughly modern

Sihui Sihui (), formerly romanized as Szewui, is a county-level city in the west of the Pearl River Delta region in Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural ...

. Sihui was only under the administration of Duan Prefecture in the Song dynasty.

References

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