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Lei Prefecture

Historical administrative division in Guangdong, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lei Prefecture
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Leizhou or Lei Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong. It existed from 634 to 1329, but between 742 and 758 it was known as Haikang Commandery (also translated as Haikang Prefecture).[3]

Quick Facts Prefecture (雷州)Haikang Commandery (海康郡), Population ...
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The modern county-level city Leizhou retains its name.

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Counties

Lei Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

  1. Haikang (海康), roughly modern Leizhou.[4]
  2. Suixi (遂溪), roughly modern Suixi County, Guangdong and Mazhang District, Zhanjiang. Suixi was created in 742 by merging two counties, Tiepa (鐵杷) and Shenchuan (椹川).[5]
  3. Xuwen (徐聞), roughly modern Xuwen County.[6]

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