Qiong Prefecture (Sichuan)

Not to be confused with Qiong Prefecture (Hainan).

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qionglai City in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1913.^[3] Between 742 and 758 it was known as Linqiong Commandery.

Qiong Prefecture (邛州) Linqiong Commandery (臨邛郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	190,327[1]
• 1100s	193,032[2]
History
• Created	6th century (Liang dynasty)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Qionglai County (邛崍縣)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Jiannan Circuit Song dynasty: Xichuan Circuit Yizhou Circuit Chengdufu Circuit

Qiong Prefecture
Chinese	邛州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qióng Zhōu
Linqiong Commandery
Traditional Chinese	臨邛郡
Simplified Chinese	临邛郡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Línqióng Jùn

Administrative divisions

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

#	Name	Modern location
1	Linqiong (臨邛)	Qionglai City[4]
2	Yizheng (依政)
3	Huojing (火井)
4	Dayi (大邑)	Dayi County[5]
5	Anreng (安仁)
6	Pujiang (蒲江)	Pujiang County[6]
7	Linxi (臨溪)