Wan'an Zhou or Wan'an Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

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in modern southeastern Hainan,

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. It existed from 662 to 1368, but between 742 and 757 it was known as Wan'an Commandery, and between 757 and 758 as Wanquan Commandery. The Song dynasty made it a military prefecture in 1074.

Counties

Wan'an Prefecture administered the following counties () through history: *Wan'an (), roughly modern northern Wanning. During Southern Han and Northern Song dynasty it was known as Wanning (), but after 1136 its name was changed back to Wan'an. *Lingshui (), roughly modern Lingshui Li Autonomous County. Between 1074 and 1080 it was part of Wan'an County. *Fuyun (), roughly modern western Wanning. *Boliao (), roughly modern southern Wanning. Both Fuyun and Boliao were abolished at the end of the Tang dynasty.

References

* * * Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Guangnan West Circuit Prefectures of Southern Han Former prefectures in Hainan Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty 662 establishments 7th-century establishments in China 1368 disestablishments in Asia 14th-century disestablishments in China {{China-hist-stub