Wen Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Wen Prefecture
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Hanyu PinyinWēn Zhōu
Wade–GilesWen1 Chou1

Wenzhou or Wen Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. It existed (intermittently) from 675 to 1265, when the Song dynasty renamed it Rui'an Prefecture.

The modern prefecture-level city Wenzhou, created in 1949, retains its name.