Fuzhou or Fu Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern 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 capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

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, seated in modern

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 725 until 1278. It was known as Changle Prefecture () between 933 and 948 when it was the capital of Min. 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 ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

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

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* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Min (Ten Kingdoms) 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