Qīn Prefecture
| Qīn Prefecture (欽州) Ningyue Commandery (寧越郡) | |
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| Population | |
| • 740s or 750s | 10,146 |
| • 1070s or 1080s | Unknown, 10,552 households |
| History | |
| • Preceded by | An Prefecture |
| • Created | 598 (Sui dynasty) |
| • Abolished | 1912 (R.O. China) |
| • Succeeded by | Qin County, Guangxi |
| Contained within | |
| • Circuit |
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| Traditional Chinese | 欽州 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钦州 | ||||||
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Qīnzhōu or Qīn Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from 598 to 1912. Between 607–621 and 742–758 it was known as Ningyue Commandery.