Tongzhou or Tong Prefecture ( Chinese: t , s , p ''Tòngzhōu'') 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 ...

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seated in modern

Dali County Dali County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the east-central part of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east. It covers . The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its econ ...

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 existed intermittently from AD 554 to 1913. Between 1735 and 1913 during the

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it was known as Tongzhou Prefecture ( t , s , p ''Tòngzhōufǔ'').

Geography

The administrative region of Tongzhou 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 under the administration of modern

Weinan Weinan ( zh, s=渭南 , p=Wèinán) is a prefecture-level city in east-Guanzhong, central Shaanxi, Shaanxi province, northwest China. The city lies on the lower section of the Wei River confluence into the Yellow River, about east of the provinc ...

in eastern Shaanxi: *

* Hancheng City *

Heyang County Heyang County (, ) is a county in Shaanxi Province, China, bordering Shanxi Province to the east across the Yellow River. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan. History Heyang County dates to at least the early ...

Chengcheng County Chengcheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the central part of Shaanxi province, China. The county lies in the Guanzhong Plain Guanzhong (, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanised ...

Baishui County Baishui () is a county of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, China. Baishui County Baishui County contains the following smaller divisions: Chengguan Township, Dukang Township, Xigu Township, Fenglei Township, Yaohe Township, Chengjiao Village, Nort ...

References

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