Hang Prefecture

Hang Prefecture
Chinese
Mandarin	Háng Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	585,963
• 1100s	296,615
History
• Preceded by	Yuhang Commandery
• Created	589 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1129 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Lin'an Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Jiangnan Circuit (621–733) Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733) Zhejiang West Circuit (758–907)
• Kingdom	Wuyue (907–978)
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (978–1074) Liangzhe West Circuit (after 1074)

Hangzhou or Hang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Hangzhou. It was the capital of the Wuyue kingdom in the 10th century. It existed (intermittently) from 589 until 1129, when it became Lin'an Prefecture, the capital of the Song dynasty.

The modern sub-provincial city of Hangzhou retains its name.

Hang Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

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