Qingzhou or Qing Prefecture () was a ''
zhou'' (prefecture) in
imperial China
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centering on modern
Qingyang in
Gansu
Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
,
China
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. It existed (intermittently) from 596 to 1125.
Geography
The administrative region of Qingzhou in the
Tang dynasty
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is in
Qingyang in eastern
Gansu
Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
near the border with
Shaanxi
Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
. It probably includes parts of modern:
*Qingyang
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Heshui County
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Huachi County
Huachi County () is a county in the east of Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the north and northeast. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qingyang. Its postal code is 745600, and its population in 201 ...
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Qingcheng County
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Huan County
References
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Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
Prefectures of the Song dynasty
Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Prefectures of Later Liang (Five Dynasties)
Prefectures of Later Han (Five Dynasties)
Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
Prefectures of Later Tang
Prefectures of Later Zhou
Prefectures of Qi (Five Dynasties)
Former prefectures in Gansu
Populated places established in the 6th century
596 establishments
6th-century establishments in China
1125 disestablishments in Asia
12th-century disestablishments in China
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