{
  "system" : "China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University",
  "license" : "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "uri" : "https://chgis.hudci.org/tgaz/placename/hvd_70571",
  "sys_id" : "hvd_70571",
  "sys_id of alternate" : "",
  "spellings" : [
    {
      "written form" : "西都縣",
      "script" : "traditional Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "西都县",
      "script" : "simplified Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "Xidou Xian",
      "transcribed in" : "Pinyin",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    }
  ],
  "feature_type" : {
    "name" : "县",
    "alternate name" : "縣",
    "transcription" : "xian",
    "English" : "county"
  },
  "temporal" : {
    "begin" : "526",
    "begin rule" : "4",
    "end" : "598",
    "end rule" : "4"
  },
  "spatial" : {
    "object_type" : "POINT",
    "xy_type" : "point",
    "latitude" : "36.48724",
    "longitude" : "102.39441",
    "source" : "FROM_AC",
    "present_location" : [
      {
        "country code" : "cn",
        "text" : "今青海乐都县",
        "source" : "Fudan",
        "attestation" : ""
      }
    ]
  },
  "historical_context" : {
    "part of" : [
      {
        "begin year" : "526",
        "end year" : "598",
        "parent id" : "hvd_113080",
        "name" : "鄯州",
        "transcribed" : "Shan Zhou"
      }
    ],
    "subordinate units" : [
    ],
    "preceded by" : [
    ]
  },
  "data source" : "CHGIS",
  "source note" : "西都县（526—598年）

北魏孝昌二年（526）在原破羌县地置西都县，属同年新置鄯州。治所在今青海乐都县。①
隋开皇十八年（598）改为湟水县。②

注：
① 《中国历史地名辞典》：“西都县，北魏孝昌二年（526年）置，治所即今青海乐都县。”（南昌：江西教育出版社，1989年，第287页。）
② 李吉甫：《元和郡县图志》卷39《陇右道》上：“鄯州，西平。……禹贡雍州之域。古西戎地。春秋及秦、汉为羌胡所居。昭帝元始元年置金城郡[贺次君注：元始元年，考证：元始乃平帝年号，宜作“始元”方合。兰州叙云“昭帝六年”，“元年”亦误。]，按今州界即金城郡地也。后汉献帝分置西平郡，属凉州。……后魏以西平郡为鄯善镇。孝昌二年改镇立鄯州。……湟水县，中。郭下。本汉破羌县地，属金城郡。魏分置西都县，属西平郡。隋开皇三年罢郡，县属鄯州，十八年改为湟水县。皇朝因之。”（北京：中华书局，1983年，第990—991页。）又，《旧唐书》卷40《地理》三：“湟水，汉破羌县，属金城郡。汉破匈奴，取西河地，开湟中处月氏，即此。湟水，俗呼湟河，又名乐都水，南凉秃发乌孤始都此。后魏置鄯州，改破羌为西都县。隋改为湟水县。”（北京：中华书局，1975年，第1633页。）可见，该西都县与北魏所废东汉末年所置西平郡之西都县并非同一。",
  "source uri" : ""
}