Tanzhou or Tan Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, and th ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

, China. In the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...

it was known as Tanzhou Route () and in the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

as Tanzhou Prefecture (). It existed (intermittently) from 589 to 1372.

Geography

The administrative region of Tanzhou in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

falls within modern eastern

. It probably includes modern: *Under the administration of

: **Changsha ** Liuyang ** Changsha County ** Ningxiang *Under the administration of Zhuzhou: **Zhuzhou ** Zhuzhou County ** Liling *Under the administration of Xiangtan: **Xiangtan ** Xiangxiang ** Xiangtan County *Under the administration of Yiyang: **Yiyang

References

* Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Jinghu South Circuit Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Former prefectures in Hunan {{China-hist-stub