Guozhou or Guo Prefecture (果州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

imperial China The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the '' Book of Documents'' (early chapte ...

, centering on modern

Nanchong Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of th ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 621 until 1227. Between 771 and 775 it was known as Chongzhou or Chong Prefecture (充州).

Geography

The administrative region of Guozhou in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

is in modern northeastern

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

: **Nanchong ** Peng'an County ** Yingshan County **

Xichong County Xichong County () is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanchong.Xichong County Construction History Fengkou Scenery Overview Xichong County CPPCC Cultural and Histor ...

*Under the administration of

Guang'an Guang'an () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province. It is most famous as the birthplace of China's former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. Guang'an lies between the hills of central Sichuan and the gorges area of the east.Guang'an ...

: **

Yuechi County Yuechi County () is a county in the east of Sichuan province, China, bordering Chongqing Municipality to the south. It is administratively governed by the prefecture-level city of Guang'an. The place is accessible by bus from Chengdu and Nanchon ...

References

* Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of Later Shu Prefectures of Former Shu Former prefectures in Sichuan {{China-hist-stub