Qiong Prefecture (Hainan)

Qiong Prefecture (瓊州)
Qiongshan Commandery (瓊山郡)

Population
 • 740s or 750sUnknown, 649 households[1]
 • 1070s or 1080sUnknown, 8,963 households[2]
History
 • Created631 (Tang dynasty)
 • Abolished1329 (Yuan dynasty)
 • Succeeded byQianning Tribal Pacification Commission (乾寧軍民安撫司)
Contained within
 • Circuit
Qiong Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQióng Zhōu
Qiongshan Commandery
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQióngshān Jùn

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northeastern Hainan, China. It existed from 631 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Qiongshan Commandery (also translated as Qiongshan Prefecture).[3]