Huzhou or Hu Prefecture (湖州) 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

Huzhou Huzhou (, ; Huzhounese: ''ghou² cieu¹'') is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province (Hangzhou–Jiaxing–Huzhou Plain, China). Lying south of the Lake Tai, it borders Jiaxing to the east, Hangzhou to the south, and the provinc ...

, Zhejiang,

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. It existed (intermittently) from 602 until 1912. Between 1225 and 1276 it was known as Anji Prefecture (安吉州). The modern prefecture-level city, created in 1983, retains its name.

Geography

The administrative region of Hu Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is under the administration of modern

in northern Zhejiang. It probably includes parts of modern: *Huzhou *

Anji County () is a county in the prefecture-level city of Huzhou in northwestern Zhejiang province, China. The county spans an area of , with a population of 461,800 as of the end of 2013. Located within the Yangtze River Delta, Anji County is a short dis ...

* Changxing County * Deqing County

Population

In the early 1100s during the Song dynasty, there were 162,335 households and 361,698 people.

References

* * Prefectures of the Qing dynasty Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of Wuyue Liangzhe West Circuit Former prefectures in Zhejiang {{China-hist-stub

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