Xuzhou (ancient China)

Based on these descriptions, the ancient Xuzhou covered an area that roughly corresponds to the regions in modern southeastern Shandong (south of Mount Tai) and northern Jiangsu (north of the Huai River).

Xuzhou was one of the 11, and it covered parts of modern Jiangsu (north of the Yangtze River) and southeastern Shandong.

In the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), Xuzhou's capital was set up at Tan (郯; present-day Tancheng County, Linyi, Shandong).

[5][6][7] In 433, during the reign of Emperor Taiwu (r. 424–452) of the Northern Wei (386–535), Xuzhou's capital was established at Jiyang County (濟陽縣; northeast of present-day Lankao, Henan).

In 473, as the original area was captured by Northern Wei, Liu Song set up the new Xuzhou whose capital was located in Yan County (燕縣; present-day Feng Yang, Anhui).