明代河南府行政区划沿革

The Origin and Development of Henan Administrative Delimitations of Prefectures during Ming Dynasty

河南府,是明代河南西部的一个府。河南府行政区划的变动主要出现在洪武、弘治两朝。洪武朝,因河南府经济残破,政府对其所属的一些县进行省并和改属。经过百余年的发展,其下属各州县经济都得到了迅速的发展,到弘治朝,又根据当地实际情况,将下属陕州卢氏县改为府属。河南府所属州县的省并、新设、改属、升格、降级等情况和不同时期政治、经济各方面状况紧密联系,反映了当时的社会发展状况。

Henan prefecture is a prefecture of west of Henan province during Ming Dynasty. The big changes of administrative prefectures of Henan appear in the Hongwu and the Hongzhi periods. In Hongwu the government assembled and changed some counties because the economy was decrepit. Through the development of more than 100 years, the economy of subordinate counties developed at a fast rate. In Hongzhi, the Prefecture of Lushi County in Shanzhou was altered to be a province subordinate county. The assemblage, founding, alteration, up - grading and down-grading of subordinate counties of henna