# Rao Prefecture

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{{Short description|Prefecture in imperial China}}
'''Raozhou''' or '''Rao Prefecture''' (饒州) was a ''[zhou](/source/Zhou_(country_subdivision))'' (prefecture) in [imperial China](/source/history_of_China) centering on modern [Poyang County](/source/Poyang_County), [Jiangxi](/source/Jiangxi), [China](/source/China) in northeastern Jiangxi at the southeastern shore of the [Poyang Lake](/source/Poyang_Lake). In the [Yuan](/source/Yuan_dynasty), [Ming](/source/Ming_dynasty) and [Qing](/source/Qing_dynasty) dynasties it was known as '''Raozhou Prefecture''' (饒州路 or 饒州府).

==References==
* {{cite book|editor-last=Shi Weile|year=2005|title=Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian ''(中国历史地名大词典)''|trans-title=Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names|publisher=China Social Sciences Press|isbn=7-5004-4929-1|pages=1948–1949|language=zh}}

Category:Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
Category:Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
Category:Prefectures of Yang Wu
Category:Prefectures of Southern Tang
Category:Prefectures of the Song dynasty
Category:Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
Category:Prefectures of the Ming dynasty
Category:Prefectures of the Qing dynasty
Category:Former prefectures in Jiangxi

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