Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, seated in modern

Fuyang () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, China. It borders Bozhou to the northeast, Huainan to the southeast, Lu'an to the south, and the province of Henan on all other sides. Its population was 8,200,264 inhabitants at ...

. During the later parts of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

it was known as Yingzhou Prefecture (). It existed (intermittently) from 528 until 1912. Modern-day

Yingzhou District Yingzhou District () is a district of the city of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China. Administrative divisions In the present, Yingzhou District has 4 subdistricts, 7 towns and 1 township. ;4 subdistricts * Yingxi () * Gulou () * Qinghe () * Wenf ...

in Fuyang keeps its name.

Geography

The administrative region of Yingzhou 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 northwestern

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

: ** Fuyang:

Yingdong District Yingdong District () is a district of the city of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China. Administrative divisions In the present, Yingdong District has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 2 townships. ;3 subdistricts * Xinhua () * Xiangyang () * Hedong () ; ...

and

Yingquan District Yingquan District () is a district of the city of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China. Recent events In early 2007, Chinese state media began reporting that in Yingquan District, a government building dubbed the "White House" was becoming controvers ...

Jieshou Jieshou () is a county-level city under the administration of Fuyang City, located on the Huang-Huai Plain in northwestern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Jieshou, an important commercial port and gateway, borders Henan Province on t ...

** Taihe County **

Linquan County Linquan County () is a county in the northwest of Anhui Province, China, bordering Henan province to the northwest, west, and southwest. It is the westernmost county-level division of Fuyang city. The Quan River 泉河 a tributary of the Ying Riv ...

Funan County Funan County () is a county in the northwest of Anhui province, China, bordering Henan province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuyang. Funan has an area of and a population of 1,553,000. Administrati ...

Yingshang County Yingshang County () is a county in the northwest of Anhui province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Fuyang. The Huai River The Huai River (), Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, roma ...

* Under the administration of

Huainan Huainan () is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China. It is named for the Han-era Principality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the south, Lu'a ...

: **

Fengtai County Fengtai County () is a county in the north of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Huainan city. Author Li Hengrui (), whose work "Kite Capriccio" () describes life as a child in the 1950s in Fengtai County is included in the ...

In the Qing dynasty it also includes parts of modern: * Under the administration of

Bozhou Bozhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, China. It borders Huaibei to the northeast, Bengbu to the southeast, Huainan to the south, Fuyang to the southwest, and Henan to the north. Its population was 4,996,844 at the ...

: **

Lixin County Lixin () is a county located in north-eastern Anhui province, China, under the jurisdiction of Bozhou City. It is a county famous for its education system and beef production. An agricultural county, the people of Lixin have depended on farming (m ...

Mengcheng County Mengcheng County () is a county in the northwest of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Bozhou city, bordering Lixin County. It is famous for its beef production and for Zhuangzi, 4th century BCE philosopher. Niu Qun, a well- ...

** Woyang County * Under the administration of

Lu'an Lu'an (), is a prefecture-level city in western Anhui province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. As of the 2020 census, it had a total population of 4,393,699 inhabitants whom 1,752,537 liv ...

: ** Huoqiu County

References

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