Duanzhou or Duan Prefecture was a ''
zhou'' (prefecture) in
imperial China
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in modern
Guangdong
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,
China
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, centering on modern
Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing (), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanzhou, Dinghu a ...
. Duan Prefecture was a major production center of
inkstone
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s.
The modern
Duanzhou District
Duanzhou District () is a district of Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Duanzhou is the urban center of Zhaoqing.
Administrative divisions
* Defunct: Chengbei Subdistrict & Chengnan Subdistrict Chengnan (usually a roman ...
in Zhaoqing is named after the prefecture.
Counties
Duan Prefecture administered the following counties () through history (
Sui dynasty
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,
Tang dynasty
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,
Southern Han
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and
Song dynasty
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):
#Gaoyao (), roughly modern
Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing (), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanzhou, Dinghu a ...
city proper (probably around
Gaoyao District
Gaoyao, alternately romanized as Koyiu, is an urban district of Zhaoqing in western Guangdong, China. Population: 706,000.
Name
Gaoyao—literally "high-&-wanting"—is a former name of the Lingyang Gorge on the Xi River. It was origina ...
).
#Pingxing (), roughly modern
Gaoming District
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,
Foshan
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. Pingxing was abolished by the Song dynasty in 972.
#Sihui (), roughly modern
Sihui
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. Sihui was only under the administration of Duan Prefecture in the Song dynasty.
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589 establishments
6th-century establishments in China
1118 disestablishments in Asia
12th-century disestablishments in China
Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
Guangnan East Circuit
Prefectures of Southern Han
Zhaoqing
Former prefectures in Guangdong
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