Zheng Prefecture

Historical administrative division in Henan, China

Zheng Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	鄭州

Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Zhōu



Population
• 740s or 750s	367,881^[1]
• 1100s	41,848^[2]

History
• Preceded by	Xingyang Commandery
• Created	583 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 1085 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Zheng County


Contained within
• Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingxi Circuit (960–1072) Jingxi North Circuit (after 1072)

Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.^[3]

The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.

Counties

Zheng Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) for the most part of history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty and after	Modern location
1	Guancheng (管城)		Zhengzhou^[4]
2	Xingze (滎澤)		Zhengzhou^[4]
3	Xinzheng (新鄭)		Xinzheng^[5]
4	Xingyang (滎陽)	Xingyang, mostly Wutai (武泰), 691–696, 697–705	Xingyang^[6]
5	Yuanling (原陵)	Yuanwu (原武)	Yuanyang County, Henan^[7]

Two other counties, Yangwu (陽武)^[8] and Zhongmu (中牟)^[9] were part of Zheng Prefecture during the Tang dynasty, but after Later Liang (except briefly during Later Tang) they were administered by Kaifeng Prefecture.

References

^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
^ Song Shi, ch. 85.
^ Shi, p. 1643.
^ Shi, pp. 2800, 1773–4.
^ Shi, p. 2735.
^ Shi, p. 1773.
^ Shi, p. 2103.
^ Shi, p. 1142.
^ Shi, p. 390.

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].