Hua Prefecture (Henan)

Hua Prefecture
Hua Prefecture
Chinese	滑州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huá Zhōu

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

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. Through history it was also known by other names, including Yan Prefecture (606–607), Dong Commandery (607–618) and Lingchang Commandery (742–758).