Jiandi Dao (湔氐道) was a

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...

of ancient China located around today's

Songpan Songpan County, formerly Songzhou, is a county in northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of , and a population of approximately 68,000 ...

region, in the east of Qingzang Plateau and northwest part of

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province. Jiandi Dao was founded by Qin (秦) after it conquered Shu (蜀) in BC 316. The

Han dynasty The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...

reestablished Jiandi Dao in the sixth year of Yuanding (元鼎六年, AD 111). Jiandi Dao was changed to Jiandi County and became a constitute part of Wenshan Jun (汶山郡) in the

Jin dynasty Jin may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC * Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin * Jin (Later Tang precursor) ...

. Di (氐) is an ancient large ethnic group lived in west China which is sometimes considered to be part of Qiang, called Diqiang. Dao (道) in the Qin and Han dynasties is a kind of administrative unit which were mainly settled by primitive tribes.

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{{Reflist History of Sichuan Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture