Haizhou or Hai Prefecture (海州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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seated in modern

Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

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. It existed (intermittently) from 549 to 1912. During 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 briefly named Haizhou Route (海州路). The modern Haizhou District in Lianyungang City retains its name.

Geography

The administrative region of Haizhou 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

. It probably includes parts of modern: * Under the administration of

: **Lianyungang ** Donghai County **

Guanyun County Guanyun County () is under the administration of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China. It borders the prefecture-level city of Suqian to the southwest and the Yellow Sea to the east. Guanyun County has an area of and a population of about 1,026, ...

*Under the administration of Suqian: **

Shuyang County Shuyang () is a Counties of China, county in northern Jiangsu province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suqian. Shuyang sits on the Northern Jiangsu Plains and borders the cities of Xuzhou, Lianyungang, and Huai'a ...

References

* Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of Yang Wu Prefectures of Southern Tang Prefectures of Later Zhou Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Former prefectures in Jiangsu Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty {{China-hist-stub