Qiong Prefecture (Hainan)

Qiong Prefecture (瓊州) Qiongshan Commandery (瓊山郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	Unknown, 649 households[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 8,963 households[2]
History
• Created	631 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1329 (Yuan dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Qianning Tribal Pacification Commission (乾寧軍民安撫司)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northeastern Hainan, China. It existed from 631 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Qiongshan Commandery (also translated as Qiongshan Prefecture).^[3]

Counties

In the Tang dynasty, Qiong Prefecture administered the following counties (縣):

• Qiongshan (瓊山), roughly modern Haikou^[4]
• Lingao (臨高), roughly modern Lingao County^[5]
• Lehui (樂會), roughly modern Qionghai^[6]
• Zengkou (曾口), roughly modern Chengmai County^[7]
• Yanluo (顏羅), roughly modern southern Haikou or Ding'an County^[8]

Yanluo was abolished late in the Tang dynasty, while Zengkou was abolished by Southern Han. In the Song dynasty, Qiong Prefecture again administered 5 counties, including:

• Qiongshan
• Lingao
• Lehui
• Chengmai (澄邁), roughly modern Chengmai County^[9]
• Wenchang (文昌), roughly modern Wenchang^[10]

References

• 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]. 

See also

• Qiongzhou Prefecture