Cang Prefecture

Cang Prefecture, also known as Cang Zhou or Cangzhou, was a prefecture of imperial China centered on modern Cang County in Cangzhou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China. It existed intermittently from 517 until 1913.

Geography

The administrative region of Cang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern eastern Hebei, Tianjin, and northwestern Shandong. It probably included parts of modern:

Under the administration of Cangzhou, Hebei:
*Cangzhou
*Cang County
*Botou
*Qing County
*Huanghua
*Haixing County
*Mengcun Hui Autonomous County
*Yanshan County
*Nanpi County
Under the administration of Tianjin:
*Tianjin
Under the administration of Binzhou, Shandong:
*Wudi County
Under the administration of Dezhou, Shandong:
*Leling
*Ningjin County
*Qingyun County

History

During the late Tang and the Five Dynasties Period, Cang was one of the three prefectures of the de facto independent of Yiwu Province.

Legacy

The imperial prefecture was the source of the modern name of Cangzhou, established in 1961.