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Historical administrative division in Henan, China
Cai Prefecture
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCài Zhōu
Wade–GilesTs'ai Chou

Caizhou or Cai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Henan, China, seated in modern Runan County. It existed (intermittently) from 606 until 1293.

Caizhou was the location of the Siege of Caizhou, the last major battle of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, which took place in 1233.

References

  1. Mote, Frederick W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-44515-5. (hardcover); ISBN 978-0-674-01212-7 (paperback).
  • 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. 2785. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
Prefectures of Jingxi Circuit during the Song dynasty
Jingxi North Circuit
Military prefectures
Jingxi South Circuit
Military prefectures


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