Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi)

Hua Prefecture (華州) Tai Prefecture (太州) Huayin Commandery (華陰郡) Dexing Prefecture (德興府)
Population
• 740s or 750s	223,613[1]
• 1100s	269,380[2]
History
• Preceded by	Dongyong Prefecture (東雍州)
• Created	554 (Western Wei)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Hua County, Shaanxi
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Guannei Circuit Song dynasty: Shaanxi Circuit Yongxingjun Circuit

Huazhou or Hua Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Hua County, Shaanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 554 to 1913.^[3] Through history it was also known by other names, including Tai Prefecture (685–705, 760–762), Huayin Commandery (742–758) and Dexing Prefecture (897–900).