Traditional Chinese 黃州 Hanyu Pinyin | Simplified Chinese 黄州 Wade–Giles Huang Chou | |
Huangzhou or Huang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Huangzhou District, Huanggang, Hubei, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1279.
The modern district, created in 1996 (although it also existed between 1984 and 1987 under the administration of Ezhou), retains its name.
Geography
The administrative region of Huang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern eastern Hubei. It probably includes parts of modern:
References
Huang Prefecture Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA