Lu Prefecture (Anhui)

Luzhou or Lu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Hefei, Anhui, China. It existed (intermittently) from 581 to 1277.^[3]

Lu Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	廬州
Hanyu Pinyin	Lú Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	205,396[1]
• 1100s	178,359[2]
History
• Preceded by	Lujiang Commandery
• Created	581 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1277 (Yuan dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Luzhou Route
Contained within
• Circuit	Huainan Circuit Huainan West Circuit (1072–1277)

Counties

Lu Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty Five Dynasties period	Song dynasty	Modern location
1	Hefei (合肥)			Hefei (City Proper)[4]
2	Shen (慎)		Shen, 960–1162 Liang (梁), after 1162	Feidong County[5]
3	Xiang'an (襄安)	Chao (巢)	administered by Wuwei Prefecture	Chaohu[6]
4	Lujiang (廬江)		Lujiang County[7]
5	Shucheng (舒城)			Shucheng County[8]

During the Five Dynasties period, Lu Prefecture was administered by Wu from 907 to 937, by Southern Tang from 937 to 958, and by Later Zhou (who seized the prefecture from Southern Tang during the Southern Tang–Later Zhou War) from 958 to 960.