Tangzhou or Tang Prefecture (), briefly known as Bizhou or Bi Prefecture () from 906 to the late 940s, was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

imperial China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...

seated in modern

Tanghe County Tanghe County is administered by the prefecture-level city of Nanyang, in the southwest of Henan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hubei province to the south. Its ancient name was Tangzhou (). The county consists of 3 subdistrict ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 626 to 1380.

Geography

The administrative region of Tangzhou 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 southern

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

Nanyang Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to: Written as * Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea ;China * Nanyang Fleet, Qing dynasty naval fleet bas ...

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Tongbai County Tongbai County () is a county in the south of Henan province, China, bordering Hubei province to the south. The easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang, it has an area of and a population of 420,000. Administrati ...

Sheqi County Sheqi County () is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic ...

Fangcheng County Fangcheng () is a county in the east of Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang City's administrative area, in the southwest of Henan province, China. It has an area of and a population of 970,000 as of 2002. Administrative divisions As of 2012, this county is d ...

*Under the administration of

Zhumadian Zhumadian ( zh, s= , t= , p=Zhùmǎdiàn; Postal romanization, postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to ...

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Biyang County Biyang County () is a county of Zhumadian city in southern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Queshan to the east, Tongbai to the north, Tanghe to the west, Luohe Luohe ( zh, s= , p=Luòhé; Postal romanization, postal: L ...

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* 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 Former prefectures in Henan Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty {{China-hist-stub

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