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"Mizhou" redirects here. For the modern subdistrict in Zhucheng, see Mizhou Subdistrict.

Mi Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	密州
Hanyu Pinyin	Mì Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	146,524
• 1100s	327,340
History
• Preceded by	Gaomi Commandery
• Created	585 (Sui dynasty) 622 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1368 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
• Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingdong Circuit (960–1072) Jingdong East Circuit (after 1072) Shandong East Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.

Counties

Mi Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Later Liang	Later Tang	Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou	Song dynasty Jin dynasty Yuan dynasty	Modern location
1	Zhucheng (諸城)						Zhucheng
2	Anqiu (安丘)	Futang (輔唐)	Anqiu	Futang	Jiaoxi (膠西)	Anqiu	Anqiu
3						Jiaoxi	Jiaozhou City
4	Gaomi (高密)						Gaomi
5	Ju (莒)						Ju County

References

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].