Deng Prefecture (Shandong)

Deng Prefecture
Ancient Water Fortress of Deng Prefecture
Map of Deng Prefecture in 1820
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDēng Zhōu
Wade–GilesTeng1 Chou1

Deng Prefecture was a prefecture of China centering on modern Penglai, Shandong, China. It existed intermittently from 596 until 1376. After than it was upgraded to Deng Prefecture commandery (登州府) and continued to exist until 1911.