Pǔ'ān

Pǔ'ān was a Yuan administrative territory on the southwestern Guizhou plateau, centered on present-day Panzhou. The Yushi tribe submitted to the Mongols in 1257; in 1276 Pu'an became a route command under Yunnan province.

The Ming made it a prefecture in 1383 and a department directly under Guizhou in 1415. Its seat moved into Pu'an Guard city in 1586. Under the Qing it passed to Nanlong prefecture in 1727, became an independent department in 1809, and a sub-prefecture in 1811.