Qinzhou () was a

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and Five-Dynasty

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. It was named for the former state of Qin and occupied the southeastern area of present-day

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

. It was variously centered at Shanggui (modern

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, whose

Qinzhou District Qinzhou (), formerly romanized as Tsinchow, is a district and the seat of the city of Tianshui, Gansu province, China. It is named for its former position as the seat of the medieval Chinese province of Qinzhou. Before 2005 it was called Qincheng ...

bears its name) and Changji (modern Qin'an).Dudbridge, Glen. ''A Portrait of Five Dynasties China: From the Memoirs of Wang Renyu (880–956)''
pp. 8 ff.
Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Accessed 14 Dec 2013.

References

* Prefectures of Former Shu Prefectures of Later Shu Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Zhou Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Ming dynasty Prefectures of the Qing dynasty Former prefectures in Gansu {{PRChina-geo-stub