Wu Commandery

Wu Commandery's territories resemble the pale green part of this map
Wu Commandery
Traditional Chinese吳郡
Simplified Chinese吴郡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Jùn

Wu Commandery was a commandery of imperial China. It covers parts of the contemporary Northern Zhejiang and Southern Jiangsu. The capital of Wu commandery was Wu (today's Suzhou). Major counties of Wu commandery include Wu (county), Yuhang county, and Huating county which later became known as Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai.[1]

  1. ^ New Book of Tang. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. 1975. ISBN 9787101003208.