Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi)

Hua Prefecture
Hua Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	華州
Simplified Chinese	华州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huá Zhōu

Hua Prefecture (華州)
Tai Prefecture (太州)
Huayin Commandery (華陰郡)
Dexing Prefecture (德興府)
Hua Prefecture (華州) Tai Prefecture (太州); Huayin Commandery (華陰郡); Dexing Prefecture (德興府);
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Population
• 740s or 750s	223,613
• 1100s	269,380
History
• Preceded by	Dongyong Prefecture (東雍州)
• Created	554 (Western Wei)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Hua County, Shaanxi
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty:; Guannei Circuit; Song dynasty:; Shaanxi Circuit; Yongxingjun Circuit;

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 554 to 1913. Through history it was also known by other names, including Tai Prefecture (685–705, 760–762), Huayin Commandery (742–758) and Dexing Prefecture (897–900).

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