Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern

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. It existed (intermittently) from 634 to 1381. Between 742 and 758 it was known as Hepu Commandery.

Counties

Lian Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history: Hepu (合浦), Shikang (石康), Cailong (蔡龍), Dalian (大廉), and Fengshan (封山). Its administrative area corresponds to modern

Beihai Beihai (; Postal romanization: Pakhoi) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of internati ...

Hepu County Hepu (), alternately romanized as Hoppo, Hopu or Hop'u, is a county under the administration of Beihai City in southeastern Guangxi, China. It borders Lianjiang (Guangdong) to the southeast, Bobai County to the northeast, the Gulf of Tonkin to t ...

, and

Pubei County Pubei County (; ) is a county in the south of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Qinzhou City. Administrative divisions Pubei's executive, legislature and judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, ...

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