Lin'an Prefecture

Lin'an Prefecture
Lin'an Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	臨安府
Hanyu Pinyin	Lín'ān Fǔ
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History
• Preceded by	Hang Prefecture
• Created	1129 (Song dynasty);
• Abolished	1277 (Yuan dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Hangzhou Prefecture
• HQ	Qiantang (錢塘)
Contained within
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (before 1160s); Liangzhe West Circuit (after 1160s);

Lin'an Prefecture (1129–1277) was after 1138 the capital of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). With over one million people by 1276, it was the most populous city in the world. Lin'an Prefecture was located in modern northern Zhejiang around Hangzhou. Its administrative area is different from that of the modern prefecture-level city of Hangzhou.

Lin'an Prefecture fell to the Mongols in 1276.

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