Jiaozhou is an ancient Chinese region. The territory defined by the region has been changed in different eras. Normally included modern North Vietnam and Guangxi. Sometime included Guangdong and Hainan as well.

Han Dynasty

In 111 BC, Emperor Wu of Han

Emperor Wu of Han

Emperor Wu of Han , , personal name Liu Che , was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty of China, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under his reign, as well as the strong and centralized Confucian state he organized...

 conquered the kingdom of Nanyue

Nanyue

Nanyue was an ancient kingdom that consisted of parts of the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan and northern Vietnam. Nanyue was established in 204 BC at the final collapse of the Qin Dynasty by Zhao Tuo, who was the military commander of Nanhai Commandery at the time, and...

 and created the Jiaozhou region with nine comentries

Commentry

Commentry is a commune in the department of Allier in central France. It lies southwest of Moulins by the Orléans railway.-Population:-Economy:...

 assigned to it: Nanhai

Nanhai

Nanhai District , historically known as Namhoi, is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.-Administration:...

, Cangwu

Cangwu County

Cangwu County is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Wuzhou city....

, Yulin

Yulin, Guangxi

Yulin is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of Guangxi autonomous region, in China.-Geography and climate:Yulin is located in southeastern Guangxi province along the border with Guangdong. It is a hilly basin with a total area of 12,838 sq. km....

, Jiaozhi

Jiaozhi

Jiaozhi was the name of all or part of Vietnam's territory, from the Hùng Vương era to the middle of the Third Chinese domination, and during the Fourth Chinese domination.-Giao Chỉ in the Văn Lang era:...

, Hepu

Hepu County

Hepu County is a county of Beihai City, Guangxi, China. It has 26 neighborhood committees and 245 village committees...

, Rinan , Zhuyai , Tanerh , and Jiuzhen .