Xiuzhou or Xiu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. Its administrative area contained most of modern Shanghai. It was created by the Wuyue kingdom in 938; in 1195, the Song dynasty renamed it Jiaxing Prefecture.
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The administrative region of Xiu Prefecture in the Song dynasty was in modern and northern Zhejiang and southern and central Shanghai. It probably includes parts of modern:
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