Ganzhu () is an industry-based

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

lying on the Fu River in northern

Guangchang County Guangchang County () lies in the municipal region of Fuzhou (抚州), Jiangxi. It is the southernmost and most remote of Fuzhou's ten counties, being bordered by counties in Ganzhou to the south and west and, to the east and over the watershed a ...

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

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. During the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

, it was called Lumaozhou (). Ganzhu is adjacent in the east to

Qianshan Township Qianshan is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese placenames related to mountains or islands. It may refer to: * Qian Mountains (, ''Qiānshān''), a northeastern mountain range * Qianshan District (, ''Qiānshānqū'') in Anshan, Lia ...

, in the south to Xujiang (a town), a recreation

farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

to its west and

Nanfeng County Nanfeng County () is a county in the east of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian province to the southeast. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou. It has an area of 1,920 square kilometers, administers 7 t ...

to the north, which it borders. Ganzhuwei (), its town government, resides 13 kilometres away from the

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. Also nicknamed the "first town of Xuyuan" (), Ganzhu has at least 20 attractions, one of which is the world's largest lotus field. The town consists of 4,761 households and governs one residential community and the following 12 villages: *Ganzhu Village *Luojia Village () *Elong Village () *Zhuxi Village () *Pingshang Village () *Longxi Village () *Chaohua Village () *Datian Village () *Dasheng Village () *Zhangshu Village () *Tushi Village () *Dongyuan Village ()

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Guangchang County category:Township-level divisions of Jiangxi {{Jiangxi-geo-stub