De Prefecture

For the Liao dynasty prefecture in modern Inner Mongolia, see De Prefecture (Liao dynasty).
De Prefecture
Chinese德州
Literal meaningVirtuous/Manly Prefecture
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDé Zhōu
Wade–GilesTê Chou

De Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name De Zhou or Dezhou, was a prefecture (zhou) of imperial China with its eponymous seat at Dezhou, now part of northwestern Shandong Province, China. It existed intermittently from 589 until 1913.

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