| Nanchang 南昌 |
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南昌市
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| Nickname(s): Grand City (洪城), Grand Capital (洪都), Yuzhang (豫章) | |
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| Coordinates: 28°41′N 115°53′E / 28.683°N 115.883°ECoordinates: 28°41′N 115°53′E / 28.683°N 115.883°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hu Xian |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 7,372 km2 (2,846 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 617 km2 (238 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (122 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,042,565 |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Licence plate prefixes | 赣A |
| City Flower | Chinese Rose |
| City Tree | Camphor Laurel |
| Website | nc.gov.cn |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánchāng | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | southern good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nanchang (Chinese: 南昌; pinyin: Nánchāng) is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China, located in the north-central portion of the province. As it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake, it is famous for its scenery, rich history and cultural sites. Because of its central location relative to the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta regions, it is a major railroad hub in Southern China.
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History [edit]
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The modern Jiangxi area − including Nanchang − was first incorporated into Chinese territory during the Qin dynasty, when it was conquered from the Baiyue peoples and organized as Jiujiang Commandery (Chinese: 九江郡).[1] In 201 BC, during the Han dynasty, the city was given the Chinese name Nanchang and became the administrative seat of Yuzhang Commandery (Chinese: 豫章郡), and was governed by Guan Ying (Chinese: 灌嬰), one of Emperor Gaozu of Han's generals.[1] The name Nanchang means "southern flourishing", and is from a motto of developing what is now southern China that is traditionally attributed to Emperor Gaozu himself.[1]
In AD 589, during the Sui dynasty, this commandery was changed into a prefecture named Hongzhou (Chinese: 洪州), and after 763 it became the provincial center of Jiangxi, which was then beginning the rapid growth that by the 12th century made it the most populous province in China.
In 653, the Tengwang Pavilion was constructed. In 675, Wang Bo wrote the classic "Tengwang Ge Xu". The building as well as the city became celebrated for Wang's introduction article and the author is known to all Chinese-speaking population by this masterpiece. The Pavilion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout China's history. In its present form, Tengwang Pavilion was reconstructed in the 1980s after being destroyed in 1929 during the Chinese Civil War.
In 959, under the Southern Tang regime, it became Nanchang superior prefecture and also the southern capital. After the conquest by the Song regime in 981 it reverted to the name Hongzhou. In 1164 it was renamed Longxing prefecture, which name it retained until 1368. At the end of the Yuan (Mongol) period (1279–1368), it became a battleground between Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and the rival local warlord, Chen Youliang. At the beginning of the 16th century it was the power base from which Zhu Chenhao, the prince of Ning, launched a rebellion against the Ming regime.
During the reign of the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty, it housed relatives of the emperor who had been exiled because they were potential claimants of the imperial throne, members of the imperial family constituting about one quarter of the city's population; as a result of this, Matteo Ricci came here when trying to gain entry to Beijing.[2]
In the 1850s it suffered considerably as a result of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–64), and its importance as a commercial center declined as the overland routes to Canton were replaced by coastal steamship services in the latter half of the 19th century. Nanchang has, however, remained the undisputed regional metropolis of Jiangxi.
On August 1, 1927, Nanchang was the site of one of a series of insurrections organized by the Chinese Communist Party. The Nanchang Uprising, led by pro-communist Kuomintang officers under Russian direction, succeeded in holding the city for only a few days, and provided a core of troops and a method of organization from which the People's Liberation Army (PLA) later developed.
In 1939, the Battle of Nanchang, a ferocious battle between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War took place.
In 1949 Nanchang was still essentially an old-style administrative and commercial city, with little industry apart from food processing; it had a population of about 275,000. Nanchang first acquired a rail connection in 1915, when the line to Jiujiang, a port on the Yangtze River, was opened. Several other rail links have since been opened. After World War II a line was completed to Linchuan and Gongqi in the Ru River Valley to the south-southeast.
Since 1949 Nanchang has been extensively industrialized. It is now a large-scale producer of cotton textiles and cotton yarn. Papermaking is also a large industry, as is food processing (especially rice milling). Heavy industry began to be important in the mid-1950s. A large thermal-power plant was installed and uses coal brought by rail from Fengcheng, to the south. A machinery industry also grew up, at first mainly concentrating on the production of agricultural equipment and diesel engines. Nanchang then became a center of the automotive industry, producing trucks and tractors and also such equipment as tires. An iron-smelting plant helping to supply local industry was installed in the later 1950s. There is also a large chemical industry, producing agricultural chemicals and insecticides as well as pharmaceuticals.
Geography and climate [edit]
Nanchang is located 130 km (81 mi) south of the Yangtze River and is situated on the right bank of the Gan River just below its confluence with the Jin River and some 40 km (25 mi) southwest of its discharge into Poyang Lake.
Nanchang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinct seasons. Winters are short and cool with occasional frosts; snow is not unheard of but heavy falls are otherwise rare. Summer is long and humid, with amongst the highest temperatures in China. Rain is greatest from March to June, and least in fall and early winter. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) in January to 29.2 °C (84.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 17.6 °C (63.7 °F).
| Climate data for Nanchang (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.8 (73) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 74.0 (2.913) |
100.7 (3.965) |
175.6 (6.913) |
223.8 (8.811) |
243.8 (9.598) |
306.7 (12.075) |
144.0 (5.669) |
128.9 (5.075) |
68.7 (2.705) |
59.7 (2.35) |
56.8 (2.236) |
41.5 (1.634) |
1,624.2 (63.944) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 147.3 |
| % humidity | 77 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 77.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 91.9 | 83.7 | 85.2 | 114.4 | 151.1 | 160.2 | 248.7 | 243.2 | 185.8 | 167.0 | 147.5 | 141.7 | 1,820.4 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration [3] | |||||||||||||
Demographics [edit]
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As of 2010[update] (Census), Nanchang has a population of 5,042,865 people and a built up area of about 3 million. 37 ethnic groups were counted amongst its prefecture divisions.
Administration [edit]
| ISO 3166-2[4] | English | Chinese | Pinyin | Area in km2[5] | Seat | Postal code | Subdivisions[6] | ||||
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| Subdistricts | Towns | Townships | Residential communities | Villages | |||||||
| 360100 | Nanchang | 南昌市 | Nánchāng Shì | 7194[7] | Donghu District (Honggutan N.A.) | 330000 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 625 | 1161 |
| 360102 | Donghu District | 东湖区 | Dōnghú Qū | 30 | Gongyuan Subdistrict (公园街道) | 330000 | 10 | 159 | 21 | ||
| 360103 | Xihu District | 西湖区 | Xīhú Qū | 43 | Chaoyangzhou Subdistrict (朝阳洲街道) | 330000 | 10 | 1 | 136 | 13 | |
| 360104 | Qingyunpu District | 青云谱区 | Qīngyúnpǔ Qū | 40 | Sanjiadian Subdistrict (三家店街道) | 330000 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 12 | |
| 360105 | Wanli District | 湾里区 | Wānlǐ Qū | 254 | Zhaoxian (招贤镇) | 330000 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 35 | |
| 360111 | Qingshanhu District | 青山湖区 | Qīngshānhú Qū | 250 | Jingdong (京东镇) | 330000 | 3 | 6 | 116 | 101 | |
| 360121 | Nanchang County | 南昌县 | Nánchāng Xiàn | 1811 | Liantang (莲塘镇) | 330200 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 311 | |
| 360122 | Xinjian County | 新建县 | Xīnjiàn Xiàn | 2160 | Changpo (长堎镇) | 330100 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 300 | |
| 360123 | Anyi County | 安义县 | Ānyì Xiàn | 660 | Longjin (龙津镇) | 330500 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 105 | |
| 360124 | Jinxian County | 进贤县 | Jìnxián Xiàn | 1946 | Minhe (民和镇) | 331700 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 263 | |
- Honggutan New District (红谷滩新区) is an economic management area and not a formal administrative division.
Economy [edit]
Nanchang is a regional hub for agricultural production in Jiangxi province. The yield of grain was 16.146 million tons in 2000. Products such as rice and oranges are economic staples. The Ford Motor Company has a plant in Nanchang, assembling the Ford Transit van as part of the Jiangling Motor joint venture.[8] Many of its industry revolves around aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, metallurgy, electro-mechanics, textile, chemical engineering, traditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceuticals and others.[9]
The GDP of Nanchang in 2008 was 166 billion Yuan (24.3 billion USD). The GDP per capita was 36,105 Yuan (5,285 USD). The total value of imports and exports was 3.4 billion US dollars. The total financial revenue was 23 billion Yuan.[10]
Industrial zones [edit]
National level development zones[11]
- Nanchang Export Processing Zone
Nanchang National Export Expressing Zone is located in Nanchang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, it was approved by the State Council on May 8, 2006, and passed the national acceptance inspection on Sep 7th, 2007. It has a planning area of 1 sqkm and now has built 0.31 sqkm. It enjoys simple and convenient customs clearances,and special preferential policies both for Nanchang National Export Expressing Zone and NCHDZ.[12]
- Nanchang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone
Nanchang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone (NCHDZ for short hereafter) is the only national grade high-tech zoned in Jiangxi, it was established in Mar. 1991. The zone covers an area of 231 km2 (89 sq mi), in which 32 km2 (12 sq mi) have been completed. NCHDZ possesses unique nature condition and sound industry foundation of accepting electronics industry. NCHDZ has brought 25% industrial added value and 50% industrial benefit and tax to Nanchang city by using only 0.4% land area.[13]
- Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone[14]
Provincial level development zones[11]
- Jiangxi Sanghai Economic and Technological Development Zone
- Nanchang Yingxiong Economic and Technological Development Zone
Special economic district[11]
Transportation [edit]
Rail [edit]
Nanchang has extensive railway infrastructure which connects to many important cities in other provinces. The Beijing–Kowloon (Jingjiu) Railway and Shanghai–Kunming (Hukun) Railway (formerly Zhejiang–Jiangxi or Zhegan Railway) both meet at Nanchang, making it an important national transport hub. In addition, it is the only provincial capital located on the Beijing–Kowloon Railway. It is also the home to the Nanchang Bureau of Railways, which operates the majority of the railway network in Jiangxi and neighbouring Fujian province.
From 2007, Nanchang is also connected with Hangzhou, Changsha and Shanghai with CRH (China Railway High-speed).
- Nanchang Changbei International Airport
- Beijing–Kowloon Railway
- Shanghai–Kunming Railway
- Nanchang Railway Station
Air [edit]
Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN) built in 1996 is the main international airport. It is situated in Lehua Town, 26 kilometres north of the CDB area. Changbei International Airport is the only one in Jiangxi Province which has an international air route. The airport is connected to major mainland cities such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Haikou, Shanghai and Beijing.[15]
Road [edit]
The road transport infrastructure in Nanchang is extensive. A number of national highways cross through the city. They are the National roads No.105 from Beijing to Zhuhai, No.320 from Shanghai to Kunming, and No.316 from Fuzhou to Lanzhou. The major transport companies that operate in Nanchang are the Chang'an Transport Company Limited, the Nanchang Long-distance Bus Station, and the Xufang Bus Station.
The Nanchang Long-distance Bus Station serves long distance routes to Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hefei and other cites outside Jiangxi Province. The Xufang Bus Station operates routes to cities, towns and counties within Jiangxi Province.[15]
Water [edit]
Nanchang is situated on the Gan River, the Fu River, Elephant Lake, Qingshan Lake, and Aixi Lake. Hence the water routes for Nanchang critically important for the economy, trade and shipping. Nanchang Port is the biggest port on the Gan River. Passengers can take Nanchang Port and travel by boat to the Jinggang Shan and Tengwang Pavilion. There are passenger ships that also visit Poyang Lake, Stone Bell Hill, Poyang Lake Bird Protection Area, Dagu Hill and other attractions.
Landmarks [edit]
Nanchang is known for: The Tengwang Pavilion, a towering pavilion dating to 653,on the east bank of the Gan River and is one of "the Four Great Towers of China"
Poyang Lake, the largest fresh water lake in China, it is also called "the Migrator Birds Paradise".
It is also home to the Star of Nanchang, which was the world's tallest Ferris wheel from 2006-2008, in Honggu New District[16]
In Honggu New Distrct, there is a square called Qiushui Square which was established on 28 January, 2004. In the center of the square, there is the largest fountain groupe with music in Asia.
The Jiangxi Provincial Museum and Bada Shanren Exhibition Hall.
- Moon Mountain The moon mountain is located in the country's first ecological city Yichun city Yuanzhou district city southwest 31 kilometers place, is the provincial-level scenic area, is a national Forest Park.
- Huanggu Tomb The Huanggu tomb in Jiangxi province is the largest surface Royal tomb.
Colleges and universities [edit]
- Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (江西财经大学) (founded 1923)
- Nanchang University (南昌大学)
- Jiangxi Normal University (江西师范大学)
- Jiangxi Agricultural University (江西农业大学)
- East China Jiaotong University (华东交通大学)
- Nanchang Aeronautical University (南昌航空工业学院)
- Jiangxi Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (江西中医学院) Merged [2] by Nanchang University in 2005.
- Nanchang Institute of Technology (南昌工程学院)
- Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University (江西科技师范学院)
- jiangxi Manufacturing and Vocational College （江西制造职业技术学院）
Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.
Twin towns – sister cities [edit]
Peine, Germany (October 13, 2009)[18]
Skopje, Macedonia (March 20, 1984)
Toluca, Mexico (August 16, 1988)
Takamatsu, Japan (March 20, 1984)
Valkeakoski, Finland (March 20, 1984)- Toijala, Finland (March 20, 1984)
Dijon, France (March 20, 1984)
Naju, South Korea (March 20, 1984)
Sorocaba, Brazil (March 20, 1984)
References [edit]
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- ^ Mary Laven, Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East, ISBN 0-571-22517-9, 2011, p. 103
- ^ "中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）" (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
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