Bei Prefecture

Bei Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Hanyu PinyinBèi Zhōu

Population
  740s or 750s834,757
History
  Preceded byQinghe Commandery
  Created
  Succeeded byEn Prefecture
Contained within
  CircuitHebei Circuit

Beizhou or Bei Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qinghe County in Hebei, China. It existed (intermittently) from 578 to 1048, when its name changed to En Prefecture after Wang Ze's rebellion in the prefecture.