| Chi Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Map: | 260px | ||||||||
| End: | 1277 (Yuan dynasty) | ||||||||
| Replace: | Chizhou Circuit | ||||||||
| Populationfirst: | 206,932 | ||||||||
| Populationfirstyear: | 1100s | ||||||||
| Membership Title1: | Circuit | ||||||||
Chizhou or Chi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Chizhou, Anhui, China. It existed (intermittently) from 621 until 1277.
The modern prefectural-level city Chizhou, created in 2000, retains its name.
Chi Prefecture administered the following counties (Chinese: 縣) through history:
| Tang dynasty | Wu | Southern Tang | Song dynasty | Modern location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qiupu (Chinese: 秋浦) | Guichi (Chinese: 貴池) | Guichi District, Chizhou | |||
| 2 | Qingyang (Chinese: 青陽) | style=background:#e5d6d3 | administered by Sheng Prefecture | Qingyang | Qingyang County | |
| 3 | Zhide (Chinese: 至德) | Jiande (Chinese: 建德) | Dongzhi County | |||
| 4 | Shidai (Chinese: 石埭) | Shitai County | ||||