Wen Prefecture (Gansu)

Wenzhou or Wen Prefecture (文州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Wen County in Gansu, China. It existed (intermittently) from 558 to 1371.

Geography

Its administrative area is not well-known, but Wenzhou was on one of the few accessible routes to modern Sichuan and therefore a strategic prefecture.

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. 491. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.

Prefectures of Lizhou Circuit during the Song dynasty

Lizhou East Circuit

Xingyuan (capital) Longqing Ba Jin Lang Li Peng Yang

Military prefectures	Da'an

Lizhou West Circuit

Gai (capital) Cheng Feng Jie Long Wen Xihe

Military prefectures	Tianshui

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