Gui Prefecture (Hebei)

Guizhou or Gui Prefecture (媯州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China. It was created in 634 by the Tang dynasty and was later ceded by Later Jin to the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty as one of the Sixteen Prefectures.

Geography

The administrative region of Guizhou in the Tang dynasty is in modern Zhangjiakou in northwestern Hebei. It probably includes parts of modern:

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. p. 1404. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.

Prefectures of Hebei Circuit during the Tang dynasty

Wei (Hebei) (capital) Bo Bei Cang Chan De Di Ding Heng Gui Ji (Hebei) Ji (Tianjin) Meng Ming Mo Ping Shen Wei (Henan) Xiang Xing Yi You Ying (Hebei) Ying (Liaoning) Zhao

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