Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hebei, China, seated in modern Hejian. It existed (intermittently) from 487 until 1108.
It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures ceded by Later Jin to the Liao dynasty, however, just 2 decades later it was seized by Later Zhou during the Liao–Later Zhou War.
The modern town Yingzhou, Hebei in Hejian retains its name.
Counties Ying Prefecture administered the following counties () through history: #Northern and Southern dynastiesSui dynastyTang dynastyModern location1Wuyuan ()Hejian2Hejian ()3Shucheng ()4Chengping ()Jingcheng ()Cang County (western part)5Lecheng ()LeshouXian County
Two other counties were administered by Ying Prefecture before the Five Dynasties period: Gaoyang (), roughly modern Gaoyang County. In the Song dynasty it was made into a military prefecture called Shun'an Prefecture. Pingshu (), roughly modern Dacheng County. After Later Zhou it was renamed Dacheng () and administered by Bà Prefecture.
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