Julu Commandery () was a historical

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of China, located in modern-day southern

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

. The commandery was established by

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after it annexed Zhao in 222 BC. In early

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dynasty, it was part of the Zhao Kingdom. After the failed

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of which Zhao was a participant, Julu became directly administered by the Han government. In 2 AD, the commandery administered 20 counties, namely Julu (鉅鹿), Nandu (南讀), Guang'e (廣阿), Xiangshi (象氏), Yingtao (廮陶), Songzi (宋子), Yangshi (楊氏), Linping (臨平), Xiaquyang (下曲陽), Shi (貰), Qiao (郻), Xinshi (新巿), Tangyang (堂陽), Anding (安定), Jingwu (敬武), Lixiang (歷鄉), Lexin (樂信), Wutao (武陶), Baixiang (柏鄉) and Anxiang (安鄉), with a total population of 827,177, in 155,951 households.''

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'', Chapter 28. During Emperor Wu's reign, a separate Guangping Commandery (廣平郡) was formed on the territories of Julu, and was later converted to a principality granted to Liu Yan (劉偃), a nephew of the emperor as his fief. 16 counties were listed under Guangping in the ''

'', namely Guangping (廣平), Zhang (張), Chaoping (朝平), Nanhe (南和), Lieren (列人), Chizhang (斥章), Ren (任), Nanzhou (曲周), Nanqu (南曲), Quliang (曲梁), Guangxiang (廣鄉), Pingli (平利), Pingxiang (平鄉), Yangtai (陽臺), Guangnian (廣年) and Chengxiang (城鄉). Another principality, Guangzong (廣宗), briefly existed from 2 AD to the end of Western Han, covering only the county of Yingtao. After the establishment of

Eastern Han The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

dynasty, Guangping was merged back to Julu. In 140 AD, the total number of counties was 15, while the population was 602,096, or 109,517 households.''

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'', Chapter 110. Guangping and Guangzong principalities were again created in early Eastern Han, but they had both been dissolved by 82 AD.

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