Ruichang () is 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 ...

under the jurisdiction of

Jiujiang Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city ...

, in the north 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, along the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...

, bordering

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

province to the north. Ruichang suffered deaths and extensive damage from the 2005 Ruichang earthquake.

Administrative divisions

Ruichang City is divided to 2 subdistricts, 8 towns and 9 townships. ;2 subdistricts * Pencheng () *

Guilin Guilin ( Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...

() ;8 towns ;9 townships

Transportation

Ruichang is served by the

Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway The Wuhan–Jiujiang railway or Wujiu railway (), is a Double track, double-track, Railway electrification system, electrified railroad in central China, central China between Wuhan in Hubei Province and Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province. The line is l ...

Climate

References

External links

Official website (Chinese)
County-level divisions of Jiangxi Cities in Jiangxi Populated places on the Yangtze River Jiujiang {{Jiangxi-geo-stub