Lin'an Prefecture (1129–1277) was, after 1138, the capital of the
Southern Song
The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending ...
dynasty (1127–1279). With over one million people by 1276, it was the most populous city in the world. Lin'an Prefecture was located in modern northern
Zhejiang
)
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around
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
. Its administrative area is different from that of the modern prefecture-level city of Hangzhou.
Lin'an Prefecture
fell to the Mongols in 1276.
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1129 establishments in Asia
12th-century establishments in China
1277 disestablishments in Asia
13th-century disestablishments in China
Liangzhe West Circuit
History of Hangzhou
Former prefectures in Zhejiang
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