Qiong Prefecture (Sichuan)

Qiong Prefecture
Qiong Prefecture
Chinese	邛州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qióng Zhōu
Linqiong Commandery
Traditional Chinese	臨邛郡
Simplified Chinese	临邛郡
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Línqióng Jùn

Qiong Prefecture (邛州)
Linqiong Commandery (臨邛郡)
Qiong Prefecture (邛州) Linqiong Commandery (臨邛郡)
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Population
• 740s or 750s	190,327
• 1100s	193,032
History
• Created	6th century (Liang dynasty)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Qionglai County (邛崍縣)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty:; Jiannan Circuit; Song dynasty:; Xichuan Circuit; Yizhou Circuit; Chengdufu Circuit;

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qionglai City in Sichuan, China. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1913.^[3] Between 742 and 758 it was known as Linqiong Commandery.

Counties

Qiong Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Name	Modern location
1	Linqiong (臨邛)	Qionglai City^[4]
2	Yizheng (依政)
3	Huojing (火井)
4	Dayi (大邑)	Dayi County^[5]
5	Anreng (安仁)	Dayi County^[5]
6	Pujiang (蒲江)	Pujiang County^[6]
7	Linxi (臨溪)	Pujiang County^[6]

References

^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 42.
^ Song Shi, ch. 89.
^ Shi, p. 539.
^ Shi, pp. 1853–4, 1583, 501.
^ Shi, pp. 118, 1104.
^ Shi, pp. 2657, 1865.

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. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
(in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
(in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].