Yue Prefecture (Hunan)

Yue Prefecture
Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	岳州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	50,298
• 1100s	128,450
History
• Preceded by	Baling Commandery
• Created	589 (Sui dynasty); 623 (Tang dynasty); 758 (Tang dynasty); 1161 (Song dynasty); 1376 (Ming dynasty);
• Kingdom	Chu (907–951)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hunan, China, centering on modern Yueyang.

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