Yue Prefecture (Hunan)

For other uses, see Yueyang.

Not to be confused with Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang).

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hunan, China, centering on modern Yueyang.

Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	岳州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	50,298[1]
• 1100s	128,450[2]
History
• Preceded by	Baling Commandery
• Created	589 (Sui dynasty) 623 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty) 1161 (Song dynasty) 1376 (Ming dynasty)
• Kingdom	Chu (907–951)

Counties

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

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Chu	Song dynasty	Modern location
1	Baling (巴陵)				Yueyang[3]
2	Huarong (華容)				Huarong County[4]
3		Changjiang (昌江)	Pingjiang (平江)		Pingjiang County[5]
4		Wangchao (王朝), 994–996 Linxiang (臨湘), after 996	Linxiang, Hunan[6]
5	Xiangyin (湘陰)				Xiangyin County[7]
6	Yuanjiang (沅江)	Yuanjiang, 618–750s Qiaojiang (橋江), 750s–907	Qiaojiang		Yuanjiang[8]