Xinyu (, formerly ), is a prefecture-level city in west-central
Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.
History
Geography
Xinyu has an area of . It has a four-season, monsoon-influenced
humid subtropical climate
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. It can be very hot and rainy in summer. The city is located southwest of
Nanchang, the provincial capital - about two and half hours away by car via highway. The city's main industry is the XinYu steel plant, which dominates the area.
Climate
Administration
Xinyu has direct jurisdiction over 1 urban
district,
scenic district
Scenic may refer to:
* Scenic design
* Scenic painting
* Scenic overlook
* Scenic railroad (disambiguation)
* Scenic route
* Scenic, South Dakota, United States
* Scenic (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
Aviation
*Airwave Scenic, an Austrian pa ...
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development zone
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
*Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
*Photographi ...
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county, 17 towns, 15 townships, 2 sub-districts, 446 villages, and 51 communities.
Urban District:
*
Yushui District ()
County:
*
Fenyi County ()
Scenic District:
*
Xiannühu (Fairy Lake) Scenic District ()
Development Zone:
*
Gaoxin Technical & Economic Development Zone ()
Tourism
Xinyu is known for the scenery and cultural sites of
Xiannühu (). The legend of
Dong Yong
Dong Yong (other names: 董勇, Tung Yung; born 15 December 1968, China) is a Chinese actor. He studied singing, opera and kung-fu.
Biography
Yong moved into television shortly after he graduated and has since become one of the most sought-af ...
() and
the Seventh Fairy
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() has been passed down until now. Their love story took place at today's
Xiannühu (Fairy Lake).
Colleges and universities
*
Xinyu University ()
International relations
Friendship cities
*
Coquitlam,
British Columbia, Canada
*
Bangalore,
Karnataka, India
References
External links
Official Xinyu city website (Chinese)
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Cities in Jiangxi
National Forest Cities in China
Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangxi
Xinyu