Jianwei Commandery

Jianwei Commandery
建威郡
Former subdivision of Western HanEastern HanShu HanWestern Jin → Southern dynasties
2nd century BCE–589 CE
CapitalJianwei 建威 (near modern Yibin)
Historical eraImperial China
 Established under the Western Han
2nd century BCE
 Abolished during the Sui dynasty reforms
589 CE
Today part ofSouthern and western Sichuan (centered on modern Yibin)

Jianwei Commandery (建威郡) was an administrative commandery of imperial China located in what is now southern and western Sichuan, centered on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River near modern Yibin. It was established during the Western Han dynasty in the 2nd century BCE and continued through the Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, and Southern dynasties until its abolition by the Sui dynasty in 589 CE.