Qiong Prefecture (Sichuan)

Qiong Prefecture (邛州)
Linqiong Commandery (臨邛郡)

Population
  740s or 750s190,327
  1100s193,032
History
  Created6th century (Liang dynasty)
  Abolished1913 (Republic of China)
  Succeeded byQionglai County (邛崍縣)
Contained within
  Circuit
Qiong Prefecture
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQióng Zhōu
Linqiong Commandery
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLínqióng Jùn

Qiongzhou or Qiong Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China seated in modern Qionglai City in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1913. Between 742 and 758 it was known as Linqiong Commandery.