Wen Prefecture (Gansu)
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Wenzhou or Wen Prefecture (文州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Wen County in Gansu, China. It existed (intermittently) from 558 to 1371.
Geography
[edit]Its administrative area is not well-known, but Wenzhou was on one of the few accessible routes to modern Sichuan and therefore a strategic prefecture.
References
[edit]- Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. p. 491. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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- Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
- Prefectures of the Song dynasty
- Prefectures of Former Shu
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- Prefectures of Qi (Five Dynasties)
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- Former prefectures in Gansu
- Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
- Subprefectures of the Ming dynasty
- Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
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