Cang Prefecture

Cang Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	滄州
Simplified Chinese	沧州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cāngzhōu Wade–Giles Ts'ang-chou

Cang Prefecture, also known as Cang Zhou or Cangzhou, was a prefecture of imperial China centered on modern Cang County in Cangzhou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China. It existed intermittently from 517 until 1913.

Geography

The administrative region of Cang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern eastern Hebei, Tianjin, and northwestern Shandong. It probably included parts of modern:

• Under the administration of Cangzhou, Hebei:
  • Cangzhou
  • Cang County
  • Botou
  • Qing County
  • Huanghua
  • Haixing County
  • Mengcun Hui Autonomous County
  • Yanshan County
  • Nanpi County
• Under the administration of Tianjin:
  • Tianjin
• Under the administration of Binzhou, Shandong:
  • Wudi County
• Under the administration of Dezhou, Shandong:
  • Leling
  • Ningjin County
  • Qingyun County

History

During the late Tang and the Five Dynasties Period, Cang was one of the three prefectures of the de facto independent jiedushi of Yiwu Province.

Legacy

The imperial prefecture was the source of the modern name of Cangzhou, established in 1961.

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. 1343. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.