You Prefecture (Inner Mongolia)

You Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name Youzhou, was a prefecture (zhou) of imperial China in what is now southern Inner Mongolia. It existed intermittently from 738 until the early 13th century.

You Prefecture
Chinese宥州
Literal meaningAssistance Prefecture

History

You Prefecture was briefly occupied by the Tibetan Empire in the 9th century. From the 10th to 12th centuries, it was mostly controlled by the Tanguts as part of the Dingnan Jiedushi or the Western Xia. The Western Xia were destroyed by the Mongolian Empire in 1227.

Geography

The administrative region of Youzhou during the Tang dynasty is in modern southern Inner Mongolia. It probably includes parts of modern:

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See also

  • You Prefecture in Beijing

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. p. 2004. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.


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