Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	越州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	529,589[1]
• 1100s	367,390[2]
History
• Preceded by	Kuaiji Commandery
• Created	605 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1131 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Jiangnan Circuit (621–733) Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733) Zhejiang East Circuit (758–907)
• Kingdom	Wuyue (907–978)
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (978–1074) Liangzhe East Circuit (after 1074)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing.^[3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.