Ying Prefecture (Hebei)

Ying Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYíng Zhōu

Population
 • 740s or 750s663,171[1]
 • 1100s60,206[2]
History
 • Preceded byHejian Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1108 (Song dynasty)
 • Succeeded byHejian Prefecture
Contained within
 • Circuit

Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hebei, China, seated in modern Hejian.[3] It existed (intermittently) from 487 until 1108.

It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures ceded by Later Jin to the Liao dynasty, however, just 2 decades later it was seized by Later Zhou during the Liao–Later Zhou War.

The modern town Yingzhou, Hebei in Hejian retains its name.