Jin Prefecture (Shaanxi)

Jin Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name Jinzhou, was a

imperial China. Its seat—also known as Jinzhou—was at Xicheng (modern Ankang, Shaanxi

History

Jin was created from

prefecture—derives from the placer deposits along the Yue or Moon River^{[citation needed]} still exploited to this day.^[2]

Under the Sui, it was renamed Xicheng Commandery (西城郡, Xīchéngjùn). Under the Tang, it was renamed Ankang Commandery (安康郡, Ānkāngjùn).^[1] It held 53,029 people in 14,091 households in 639 and 57,929 people in the same number of households in 742.^[1]

It was abolished again under the Ming in 1583.^[3]

Jin Commandery in the

Xunyang, and Shiquan.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Xiong (2009).
^ Wang Weizhi; et al. (2011), "Comprehensive Utilization and Resources of Gold Mining Tailings", Key Engineering Materials, vol. 480, pp. 1438–41.
^ ^a ^b ZLDDC.

《中国历史地名大词典》 [Zhōngguó Lìshǐ Dìmíng Dà Cídiǎn, The Big Dictionary of Historical Placenames in China], China Social Sciences Press, 2005, p. 1601,
ISBN 7-5004-4929-1
. (in Chinese)

Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), "Jinzhou", Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 19,
ISBN 9780810860537
.

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