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Suzhou ( t=蘇州 |s=苏州 |p=Sūzhōu ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. Called the cradle of Wu culture, Suzhou ...

|OriginOfName = 贵 guì - Gui Mountains 州 zhōu - zhou (prefecture) |AdministrationType = Province |Capital = Guiyang |LargestCity = Guiyang |Secretary = Shi Zongyuan |Governor = Zhao Kezhi ...

the Song Dynasty in reference to two Sui and Tang Dynasty prefectures (州): Gan (which is located around modern day Zhangyi) and Su (located around modern day Jiuquan). In prehistoric times however, Gansu was host to ...

Emperor Wu divided the empire into 13 prefectures (zhou, 州). He assigned a supervisor to each prefecture, who would visit the commanderies and principalities in the prefecture to investigate corruption and disobedience ...