Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern

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, centering on modern

Shaoxing Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.

Counties

Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

References

* * * 605 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1131 disestablishments in Asia 12th-century disestablishments in China Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of Wuyue Liangzhe East Circuit Shaoxing Former prefectures in Zhejiang {{China-hist-stub