# Dongchang Prefecture

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Former administrative division in Shandong, China

Dongchang Prefecture within Shandong province in 1820

**Dongchang Prefecture** (東昌府) was a [fu](/source/Fu_(administrative_division)) (prefecture) during the Ming and Qing dynasties in [Shandong province](/source/Shandong_province), it centers in today's [Liaocheng](/source/Liaocheng), and is the namesake of [Dongchangfu, Liaocheng](/source/Dongchangfu%2C_Liaocheng).

During the [Yuan dynasty](/source/Yuan_dynasty), it was known as Dongchang Lu. In the early [Hongwu reign](/source/Hongwu_era) of the [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty), it was reorganized as Dongchang Prefecture. Its administrative seat was located in Liaocheng County, and it administered three subprefectures and 15 counties:

- Subprefectures: [Linqing](/source/Linqing), [Gaotang](/source/Gaotang_County), [Puzhou](/source/Puzhou)

- Counties: [Liaocheng](/source/Liaocheng), [Tangy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tangyi_County&action=edit&redlink=1) (堂邑), [Boping](/source/Boping), [Chiping](/source/Chiping%2C_Liaocheng), [Shen](/source/Shen_County), [Qingping](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qingping_County&action=edit&redlink=1) (清平), [Guan](/source/Guan_County%2C_Shandong), [Qiu](/source/Qiu_County), [Guantao](/source/Guantao_County), [En](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=En_County&action=edit&redlink=1) (恩縣), [Xiajin](/source/Xiajin_County), [Wucheng](/source/Wucheng_County), [Fan](/source/Fan_County), [Guancheng](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guancheng_County&action=edit&redlink=1) (觀城), and [Chaocheng](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaocheng_County&action=edit&redlink=1). [1]

In the Qing dynasty, its administrative evaluation was: “strategic and populous” (衝, 繁). It belonged to the Jidong–Taiwu–Lindao Circuit (濟東泰武臨道). Initially, following the Ming system, it governed three subprefectures and five counties. [2]

After the abdication of the [Xuantong Emperor](/source/Xuantong_Emperor), the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)) was established, and the nationwide policy of abolishing prefectures and subprefectures was implemented, resulting in the abolition of Dongchang Prefecture.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 《明史·卷四十一·志第十七》东昌府，元东昌路，直隶中书省。洪武初为府。领州三，县十五。东距布政司二百九十里。聊城，倚......青州府......

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 《清史稿》卷六十一 志三十六／地理八／山東／東昌府

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