Dai Prefecture
"Daizhou" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Dazhou.
Daizhou or Dai Prefecture (代州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Dai County, Shanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 to 1912.
Geography
The administrative region of Daizhou in the Tang dynasty is under the administration of modern Xinzhou in northern Shanxi:
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. p. 759. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
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