Traditional Chinese 萊州 Hanyu Pinyin | Simplified Chinese 莱州 Wade–Giles Lai Chou | |
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Laizhou or Lai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Laizhou, Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1376.
The modern city Laizhou, created in 1988, retains its name.
Geography
The administrative region of Lai Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is in modern northeastern Shandong. It probably includes parts of modern:
References
Lai Prefecture Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA