List_of_fu_prefectures_of_China

List of <i>fu</i> prefectures of China

List of fu prefectures of China

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Fu (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), sometimes translated as prefecture or superior prefecture,[1] was a type of administrative division in historical China from Tang dynasty to Qing dynasty. Fu was a level between provinces or equivalent divisions and counties. The term was initially applied to larger or more important prefectures, while the name zhou was applied to common prefectures.[2] By Ming and Qing dynasties, however, most prefectures under provinces had become known as fu. After the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, the fu-level administrative divisions were streamlined.

Tang dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Circuit" (, dào)
Total: 9 cities
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Song dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Circuit" (, )
Total: 45 cities

Northern Song

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Southern Song

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Liao dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Circuit" (, dào)
Total: 13 cities
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Jin dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Circuit" (, )
Total: 30 cities
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Western Xia

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Prefecture" (; zhōu)
Total: 4 cities
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Yuan dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Province" (行中書省, 行中书省; xíngzhōngshūshěng)
Total: 30 cities
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Ming dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Province" (; shěng)
Total: 183 cities
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Qing dynasty

  • (1st) Province-level division: "Province" (; shěng)
Total: 218 cities
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References

  1. Dillon, Michael (2016). Encyclopedia of Chinese History. Taylor & Francis. p. 535. ISBN 9781317817161. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. Gernet, Jacques (1996). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780521497817.

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