Yang Prefecture (Jiangsu)
Yangzhou or Yang Prefecture (揚州) was a . It existed (intermittently) from 589 until 1912.
In the 10th century, during
Wu and Southern Tang
it was known as Jiangdu Prefecture (江都府).
The modern prefecture-level city, established in 1949, retains its name.
Population
In the early 1100s during the Song dynasty, there were 56,485 households and 107,579 people.[1]
See also
References
- (in Chinese) Song Shi(宋史) [History of Song].
- 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. p. 898. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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