title: Bo Prefecture (Shandong)
text: # Bo Prefecture (Shandong)
  
  Bozhou or Bo Prefecture (Chinese: 博州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Liaocheng, Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 596 until 1267.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The administrative region of Bo Prefecture in the Tang dynasty is in Liaocheng modern western Shandong. It probably includes parts of modern:
  
  * Liaocheng
  * Chiping County
  * Gaotang County
  
  ## Population
  
  In the early 1100s during the Song dynasty, there were 46,492 households and 91,333 people.
  
  