Guangnan East Circuit or Guangnan East Province was one of the major circuits during the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the res ...

. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern Chinese province of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

(minus

Leizhou Peninsula The Leizhou Peninsula, alternately romanized as the Luichow Peninsula, is a peninsula in the southernmost part of Guangdong province in South China. History Qing naval forces were stationed at the Leizhou Peninsula. During the 19th centur ...

). Guangnan East Circuit and Guangnan West Circuit were split from

Guangnan Circuit Guangnan Circuit or Guangnan Province was a short-lived circuit during the early Song dynasty, corresponding to the former Southern Han Southern Han (; 917–971), officially Han (), originally Yue (), was one of the ten kingdoms that existed ...

in 988.

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* * Circuits of the Song dynasty 988 establishments 10th-century establishments in China 1278 disestablishments in Asia 13th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub

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