Zheng Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	鄭州
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	367,881[1]
• 1100s	41,848[2]
History
• Preceded by	Xingyang Commandery
• Created	583 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 1085 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Zheng County
Contained within
• Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingxi Circuit (960–1072) Jingxi North Circuit (after 1072)

Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.^[3]

The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.

Counties

Zheng Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) for the most part of history:

Two other counties, Yangwu (陽武)^[8] and Zhongmu (中牟)^[9] were part of Zheng Prefecture during the Tang dynasty, but after Later Liang (except briefly during Later Tang) they were administered by Kaifeng Prefecture.

References

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].

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