Cang Prefecture, also known as Cang Zhou or Cangzhou, was a prefecture of imperial China centered on modern Cang County in Cangzhou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China. It existed intermittently from 517 until 1913.
Geography The administrative region of Cang Prefecture in the Tang dynasty was in modern eastern Hebei, Tianjin, and northwestern Shandong. It probably included parts of modern:
Under the administration of Cangzhou, Hebei: Cangzhou Cang County Botou Qing County Huanghua Haixing County Mengcun Hui Autonomous County Yanshan County Nanpi County Under the administration of Tianjin: Tianjin Under the administration of Binzhou, Shandong: Wudi County Under the administration of Dezhou, Shandong: Leling Ningjin County Qingyun County
History During the late Tang and the Five Dynasties Period, Cang was one of the three prefectures of the independent of Yiwu Province.
Legacy The imperial prefecture was the source of the modern name of Cangzhou, established in 1961.
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