Jing Prefecture (Shaanxi)

This article is about a historical prefecture in northern Shaanxi. It is not to be confused with Jingzhou (historical prefecture in Gansu, Shaanxi and Ningxia) in eastern Gansu, southern Ningxia, and western Shaanxi.

Jingzhou or Jing Prefecture (靜州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering around modern Mizhi County, Shaanxi, China. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period it was occupied by the Tangut people under the Dingnan Jiedushi's control.

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. 2773. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.

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