Fuzhou or Fu Prefecture was a ''

zhou Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** West ...

'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

, China, seated in modern Fuzhou. It existed (intermittently) from 725 until 1278. It was known as Changle Prefecture () between 933 and 948 when it was the capital of

Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (A ...

. It was also briefly known as Fu'an Prefecture () between 1276 and 1277 when it was the capital of the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the res ...

. The modern prefecture-level city Fuzhou retains its name.

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* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Min Kingdom Prefectures of Wuyue Prefectures of the Song dynasty Former prefectures in Fujian 725 establishments 8th-century establishments in China 1278 disestablishments in Asia 13th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub