title: Shao Prefecture
text: Shaozhou or Shao Prefecture (邵州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Shaoyang, Hunan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 636 to 1225.
  
  Geography
  The administrative region of Shaozhou in the Tang dynasty falls within modern Shaoyang in southern Hunan on the northern border with Guangxi. It probably includes modern:
  Shaoyang
  Shaoyang County
  Wugang
  Xinning County
  Longhui County
  Xinshao County
  
  References
   
  
  Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
  Jinghu South Circuit
  Prefectures of Ma Chu
  Former prefectures in Hunan