Cháng Prefecture
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Changzhou or Chang Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. It existed (intermittently) from 589 until 1277, when the Yuan dynasty renamed it Changzhou Route.
The modern prefecture-level city Changzhou, created in 1949, retains its name.