Yu Prefecture, also known by its
Chinese
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name Yuzhou () and as Weizhou or Wei Prefecture, was a
prefecture
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(''zhou'') of
imperial China
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, centered on present-day
Yu County,
Hebei
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. It was one of the
Sixteen Prefectures
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Name
It is more specifically called the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun or the Six ...
ceded by
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to the
Khitan-ruled
Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...
.
Yuzhou, the seat of
Yu County, retains its name.
Geography
The administrative region of Yuzhou in the
Tang dynasty
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is the border area of western
Hebei
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and northern
Shanxi
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:
*Under the administration of
Zhangjiakou
Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southw ...
,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
:
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Yu County
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Yangyuan County
Yangyuan County is a county in Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China.
Geography
Yangyuan is bounded by Huai'an County to the north, Xuanhua County to the east, Yu County to the south, and by Datong municipality in Shanxi Province to t ...
*Under the administration of
Baoding, Hebei:
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Laiyuan County
*Under the administration of
Datong
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,
Shanxi
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:
**
Tianzhen County
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Yanggao County
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Guangling County
Guangling County () is in the northeast of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Datong city. Guangling is a basin surrounded by Taihang Mountains. The temperature ranges from , with an annual mean of . Guangling has nine tow ...
**
Lingqiu County
References
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Former prefectures in Hebei
Former prefectures in Shanxi
Sixteen Prefectures
Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
Prefectures of Later Tang
Prefectures of the Liao dynasty
Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
Prefectures of the Ming dynasty
Prefectures of the Qing dynasty
History of Zhangjiakou
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