Hua Prefecture (Henan)

Not to be confused with Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi) or Hua Prefecture (Guangdong).

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 596 to 1374.^[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Yan Prefecture (606–607), Dong Commandery (607–618) and Lingchang Commandery (742–758).

Hua Prefecture (滑州) Yan Prefecture (兗州) Dong Commandery (東郡) Lingchang Commandery (靈昌郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	422,790[1]
• 1100s	81,988[2]
History
• Created	596 (Sui dynasty)
• Abolished	1374 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Henan Circuit Song dynasty: Jingxi Circuit Jingxi North Circuit

Hua Prefecture
Chinese	滑州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huá Zhōu

Counties

During the Song dynasty, Hua Prefecture administered the following counties (縣):

1. Baima (白馬), roughly modern Hua County^[4]
2. Weicheng (韋城), also roughly modern Hua County^[5]
3. Zuocheng (胙城), Yanjin County^[6]