<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><placename>  <system>China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University</system>  <license>CC BY-NC 4.0</license>  <uri>http://tgaz.fudan.edu.cn/tgaz/placename/hvd_96565</uri> <spellings>    <spelling>      <written-form script="traditional Chinese">合州</written-form>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by></attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>    <spelling>      <written-form script="simplified Chinese">合州</written-form>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by></attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>    <spelling>      <transcription system="Pinyin">He Zhou</transcription>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by></attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>  </spellings>  <feature-type>    <name>州</name>    <alternate-name>州</alternate-name>    <transcription>zhou</transcription>    <translation lang="en">prefecture</translation>  </feature-type>  <temporal>    <begin>583</begin>    <begin-rule>4</begin-rule>    <end>597</end>    <end-rule>4</end-rule>  </temporal>  <spatial>    <object-type>POINT</object-type>    <xy-type>point</xy-type>    <latitude-direction>N</latitude-direction>    <degrees-latitude>30.00394</degrees-latitude>    <longitude-direction>E</longitude-direction>    <degrees-longitude>106.25956</degrees-longitude>    <geo-source>FROM_AC</geo-source>    <present-location> 今四川合川县治    </present-location>  </spatial>  <historical-context>    <part-of-relationships>      <part-of parent-id="hvd_113617" from="583" to="597" >        <parent-name>隋</parent-name>        <transcribed-name>Sui</transcribed-name>      </part-of>    </part-of-relationships>    <subordinate-units>      <subordinate-unit sys-id="hvd_44680" from="583" to="597" >        <name>石镜县</name>        <transcribed-name>Shijing Xian</transcribed-name>      </subordinate-unit>      <subordinate-unit sys-id="hvd_44689" from="588" to="597" >        <name>赤水县</name>        <transcribed-name>Chishui Xian</transcribed-name>      </subordinate-unit>    </subordinate-units>  </historical-context>  <data-source>CHGIS</data-source>  <source-note>    <![CDATA[      合州（583-597）
隋开皇三年，废垫江郡、清居郡，合州辖县二：石镜县、汉初县①。开皇八年，析石镜县置赤水县②。开皇十八年（598年）改为涪州③。
①《北周地理志》卷4《山南上》合州条，垫江郡领石镜县，清居郡领汉初县，中华书局版第299-300页。
②《元和郡县志》卷34《剑南道》赤水县条：“本汉垫江县地。隋开皇八年分石镜县于今县西二里置县，因水为名”。
③《隋书》29《地理上》涪陵郡：“西魏置合州。开皇末改曰涪州”，第825页。今按开皇十八年。    ]]>  </source-note>  <source-uri>      </source-uri></placename>