Yi Prefecture (Shandong)

Yi Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYí Zhōu
Wade–GilesYi2 Chou1

Yizhou or Yi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Linyi, Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 578 until 1734, when it was recreated as Yizhou Prefecture by the Qing dynasty.