| Ming Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 洺州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ming River Prefecture | ||||||||
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Ming Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name Mingzhou, was a prefecture (zhou) of imperial China in present-day Hebei Province. It existed intermittently from AD 578 to 1278. Its seat—also known at the time as Mingzhou—was at Guangfu in Handan's Yongnian District.