Ji'an () is a
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
situated in the central region of
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 ...
province of the People's Republic of China while bordering
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
province to the west. It has an area of and as of the
2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of whom 643,399 live in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of 2 urban districts. Ji'an lies next to the
Luoxiao Mountains
The Luoxiao Mountains () are a system of mountain ranges in the People's Republic of China that straddle Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan provinces.
Subranges
Among other smaller ranges, the Luoxiao Mountains include the following subranges:
*Wugong Moun ...
() with the
Gan River
The Gan River (, Gan: Kōm-kong) runs north through the western part of Jiangxi before flowing into Lake Poyang and thus the Yangtze River. The Xiang-Gan uplands separate it from the Xiang River of neighboring eastern Hunan.
Two similarly sized ...
running through the middle of the city. Local dialects include a form of
Gan Chinese
Gan, Gann or Kan is a group of Sinitic languages spoken natively by many people in the Jiangxi province of China, as well as significant populations in surrounding regions such as Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Fujian. Gan is a member of the Siniti ...
(Jicha subgroup, ) as well as
Hakka Chinese
Hakka (, , ) forms a language group of varieties of Chinese, spoken natively by the Hakka people throughout Southern China and Taiwan and throughout the diaspora areas of East Asia, Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around th ...
.
Ji'an () is an abbreviation of its original name "" (). It has also formerly been known as Luling () and Jizhou ().
Administration
The Ji'an municipal region comprises two districts, a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
and ten counties.
District
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Jizhou District ()
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Qingyuan District ()
County-level city
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Jinggangshan City
Jinggangshan () is a county-level city in the southwest of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is under the administration of the Ji'an City. It is located in the Luoxiao Mountains which cover ...
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Counties
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Ji'an County
Ji'an County () is a County (People's Republic of China), county of west-central Jiangxi province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Ji'an County has 1 subdistrict ...
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Jishui County
Jishui () is a county located on the Gan River in Ji'an city, Jiangxi province, China.
It has an area of and a population of 480,000.
It is located central of Jiangxi (central east of Ji'an city), south of the provincial capital of Nanchang, a ...
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Yongxin County
Yongxin County () is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is located within the Jinggang Mountains under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. The county ...
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Anfu County
Anfu County () is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an.
Anfu is the home of and the birthplace of political activist Xu Wenli.
Administrative d ...
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Xingan County
Xingan County (, formerly ) is a county in the central part of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an
Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in t ...
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Xiajiang County
Xiajiang County () is a county of west-central Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an
Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi prov ...
()
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Yongfeng County
Yongfeng County () is a county of central Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an.
Administration
As of 2016, Yongfeng County was made up of 8 towns, 13 townships
A towns ...
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Taihe County ()
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Wan'an County
Wan'an County () is a county in the southwest of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an
Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi pro ...
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Suichuan County
Suichuan County () is a county in the southwest of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the southwest. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, and is its southernmost county-level di ...
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Geography
Climate
Ji'an has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Cfa'') affected by the East Asian
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...
, with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, with an annual average of . The average annual precipitation is around . With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 19% in March to 59% in July, the city receives 1,641 hours of bright sunshine annually. Winter begins somewhat sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier; spring begins especially gloomy, and from April to June each of the months averages more than of rainfall. After the heavy rains subside in June, summer is especially sunny. Autumn is warm and relatively dry.
Transportation
Jinggangshan Airport in
Taihe County serves Ji'an. The
Beijing-Kowloon Railway line passes through the Ji'an municipality with train stations in Xingan, Xiajiang, Jishui, Ji'an (
Ji'an Station), and Taihe. Ji'an is connected to the
China National Highways 105 and
319.
Education
Jinggangshan University
Jinggangshan University (JGSU, ) is in the Jinggangshan Mountains in Qingyuan District, Ji'an city of Jiangxi province in China. JGSU is jointly supported by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the People's Government ...
is located in
Qingyuan District, Ji'an.
The Ji'an Public Library (), with its main library in
Jizhou District, serves the city.
Notable people
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Ouyang Xiu
Ouyang Xiu (; 1007 – 1072 CE), courtesy name Yongshu, also known by his art names Zuiweng () and Liu Yi Jushi (), was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, epigrapher, essayist, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty. He was a renowned writer a ...
(), a statesman, historian, poet and essayist of the
Song Dynasty
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Ouyang Ziyuan
Ouyang Ziyuan (, born 9 October 1935) is a Chinese cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate. He is a research professor at the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Asteroid 8919 Ouyangziyuan, discovered in 1996, was ...
(), a cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate.
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Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang (; June 6, 1236 – January 9, 1283), noble title Duke of Xin (), was a Chinese poet and politician in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of the Southern Song dynasty, and for ...
(), a scholar general, and famed
anti-Yuan leader during the latter days of the
Southern 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 ...
.
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Yang Wanli
Yang Wanli (or Yang Wan-Li) (楊萬里) (1127–1206), Courtesy name Yanxiu (延秀), was a Chinese poet and politician, born in Jishui, Jizhou (today Jishui County, Jiangxi). He was one of the "four masters" of Southern Song Dynasty poetry.
Wr ...
(), one of the "four masters" of poetry of the Southern Song Dynasty.
*Hu Quan (), essayist and one of the four grand ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty.
*Zhou Bida (), a left prime minister during the Southern Song Dynasty.
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Luo Hongxian
Luo Hongxian (; 1504 – 1564) was a Ming dynasty Chinese cartographer. He also studied astronomy, geography, irrigation methods, military affairs and mathematics.
After passing the Imperial Examinations with the rank of ''jinshi'' in 1529, Lu ...
(), a Ming Dynasty cartographer.
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Xiao Gang
Xiao Gang (; born 1958 in Ji'an, Jiangxi) was the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission from March 2013 until 20 February 2016. He was previously chairman of the board of directors of Bank of China Limited, of the Bank of China ...
, former deputy governor of the
People's Bank of China
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.
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Liu Zhi, former general of
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
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External links
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Ji'an Public Library
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Cities in Jiangxi
Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangxi