Dongnyeong Prefectures

Dongnyeong prefectures, highlighted in Brown.
Dongnyeong Prefectures
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese東寧府
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Korean name
Hangul동녕부
Hanja東寧府
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Revised RomanizationDongnyeong Bu
McCune–ReischauerDongnyeong Pu

Dongnyeong Prefectures were administrative divisions of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China located in the northwest Korean Peninsula between 1259 and 1290.[1]

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Nipponica Mitsuo Yoshida (ja:吉田光男: Professor of Korean History at University of Tokyo) :"Yuan dynasty occupied Pyongan Province which was northern Jabi pass, area of Hwanghae Province and made it direct-governed administration.