Changsha Commandery
| Changsha Commandery 長沙郡 | |
|---|---|
| Former subdivision of Qin → Western Han → successive Chinese dynasties | |
| 210 BCE–589 CE | |
| Capital | Linxiang (臨湘, ruins in present-day Changshaʼs Wangcheng / Yuelu area) |
| Historical era | Imperial China |
• Carved from Qianzhong Prefecture after the Qin conquest of Lingnan | 210 BCE |
• Disestablished | 589 CE |
| Today part of | central-eastern Hunan (seat within modern Changsha) |
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Changsha Commandery (長沙郡) was the first imperial Chinese commandery in Hunan. Established by the late Qin dynasty (210 BCE) and abolished when the Sui dynasty ended the commandery tier (589 CE), it governed the lower Xiang River basin and the eastern slopes of the Nan Mountains. Its seat, Linxiang, lay on the west bank of the Xiang within modern Changsha; earthworks and bricks stamped **長沙宮** mark the site.