Gui Prefecture (Liao dynasty)

Guizhou or Gui Prefecture (Chinese: 歸州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Gaizhou, Liaoning, China. It was created during the Liao dynasty, and taken out by the succeeding Jin dynasty.

It was part of the Shanhou region, which included eight other prefectures situated to the northwest of the Taihang Mountains.[1]

Geography

The administrative region of Guizhou in the Liao dynasty falls within modern southern Liaoning. It probably includes modern:

References

  1. ^ Wang, Jinping. "Land and People: The Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun during the Liao-Song-Jin Transition". muse.jhu.edu/. Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  • 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. 738. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.


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