Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.[3]
Mi Prefecture | |
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Simplified Chinese | 密州 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Mì Zhōu |
Population | |
• 740s or 750s | 146,524[1] |
• 1100s | 327,340[2] |
History | |
• Preceded by | Gaomi Commandery |
• Created |
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• Abolished | 1368 (Ming dynasty) |
Contained within | |
• Circuit |
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Mi Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:
# | Sui dynasty | Tang dynasty | Later Liang | Later Tang | Modern location | ||
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1 | Zhucheng (諸城) | Zhucheng[4] | |||||
2 | Anqiu (安丘) | Futang (輔唐) | Anqiu | Futang | Jiaoxi (膠西) | Anqiu | Anqiu[5] |
3 | Jiaoxi | Jiaozhou City[6] | |||||
4 | Gaomi (高密) | Gaomi[7] | |||||
5 | Ju (莒) | Ju County[8] |