Fu Prefecture | |
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Simplified Chinese | 福州 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fú Zhōu |
Population | |
• 740s or 750s | 75,876[1] |
History | |
• Preceded by | Changle Commandery |
• Created |
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• Abolished | 1278 (Yuan dynasty) |
• Succeeded by | Fuzhou Circuit |
Contained within | |
• Circuit | |
Fuzhou or Fu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Fujian, China, seated in modern Fuzhou.[2] It existed (intermittently) from 725 until 1278.
It was known as Changle Prefecture (長樂府) between 933 and 948 when it was the capital of Min.[3] It was also briefly known as Fu'an Prefecture (福安府) between 1276 and 1277 when it was the capital of the Song dynasty.
The modern prefecture-level city Fuzhou retains its name.