title: Xiá Prefecture
text: # Xiá Prefecture
  
  Xiázhou or Xiá Prefecture (written as 硤州 before the 10th century, and 峽州 thereafter) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Yichang, Hubei, China. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1376.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The administrative region of Xiá Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is under the administration of modern Yichang, Hubei. It probably includes parts of modern:
  
  * Yichang
  * Yidu
  * Changyang Tujia Autonomous County
  * Yuan'an County
  