{
  "system" : "China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University",
  "license" : "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "uri" : "https://chgis.hudci.org/tgaz/placename/hvd_94172",
  "sys_id" : "hvd_94172",
  "sys_id of alternate" : "",
  "spellings" : [
    {
      "written form" : "方州",
      "script" : "traditional Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "方州",
      "script" : "simplified Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "Fang Zhou",
      "transcribed in" : "Pinyin",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    }
  ],
  "feature_type" : {
    "name" : "州",
    "alternate name" : "州",
    "transcription" : "zhou",
    "English" : "prefecture"
  },
  "temporal" : {
    "begin" : "619",
    "begin rule" : "4",
    "end" : "620",
    "end rule" : "4"
  },
  "spatial" : {
    "object_type" : "POINT",
    "xy_type" : "point",
    "latitude" : "37.72144",
    "longitude" : "111.22187",
    "source" : "FROM_FD",
    "present_location" : [
      {
        "country code" : "cn",
        "text" : "今山西方山县南南村",
        "source" : "Fudan",
        "attestation" : ""
      }
    ]
  },
  "historical_context" : {
    "part of" : [
      {
        "begin year" : "619",
        "end year" : "620",
        "parent id" : "hvd_113618",
        "name" : "唐",
        "transcribed" : "Tang"
      }
    ],
    "subordinate units" : [
    ],
    "preceded by" : [
    ]
  },
  "data source" : "CHGIS",
  "source note" : "方州（619～620年）治所和界线（编写者：王尚义、王杰瑜）

唐武德二年（619）置方州。治所今方山县南南村。唐武德三年（620）废治①②③。

注：
①《旧唐书?地理志二》石州方山：“隋县。武德二年，置方州，三年，州废，县属石州。”
（中华书局1975年5月第12版，卷三十九，1487页）
②文渊阁本《四库全书?太平寰宇记》石州方山县：“唐武徳二年移就隋方山县城，并置方州，至三年省州，县依旧。”
（上海古籍出版社1987年6月第1版，469册，卷四十二，358页）
③光绪《山西通志?府州厅县考二》永宁州：“（唐武德）二年，于方山县置方州。三年，州废。”
（中华书局1990年11月第1版，卷二四， 2217页）

方州（619～620年）界线

其时方州的辖境大致相当于今吕梁市方山县。界线无考。参见山西省测绘局1995年出版《山西省地图集》147页方山县图。",
  "source uri" : ""
}