Wan'an Prefecture

Wan'an Zhou or Wan'an Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Hainan, China. It existed from 662 to 1368, but between 742 and 757 it was known as Wan'an Commandery, and between 757 and 758 as Wanquan Commandery. The Song dynasty made it a military prefecture in 1074.

Wan'an Prefecture (萬安州) Wan'an Commandery (萬安郡) Wanquan Commandery (萬全郡) Wan'an Military Prefecture (萬安軍)
Population
• 740s or 750s	Unknown, 2,997 households
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 270 households
History
• Created	662 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1368 (Ming dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Wan Prefecture (萬州)
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Wan'an Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	萬安州
Simplified Chinese	万安州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wàn'ān Zhōu
Wan'an Military Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	萬安軍
Simplified Chinese	万安军
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wàn'ān Jūn
Wan'an Commandery
Traditional Chinese	萬安郡
Simplified Chinese	万安郡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wàn'ān Jùn
Wanquan Commandery
Traditional Chinese	萬全軍
Simplified Chinese	万全军
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wànquán Jùn

Counties

Wan'an Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

• Wan'an (萬安), roughly modern northern Wanning. During Southern Han and Northern Song dynasty it was known as Wanning (萬寧), but after 1136 its name was changed back to Wan'an.
• Lingshui (陵水), roughly modern Lingshui Li Autonomous County. Between 1074 and 1080 it was part of Wan'an County.
• Fuyun (富雲), roughly modern western Wanning.
• Boliao (博遼), roughly modern southern Wanning.

Both Fuyun and Boliao were abolished at the end of the Tang dynasty.

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. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].