Jiangxi
Coordinates: 27°18′N 116°00′E / 27.3°N 116.0°E / 27.3; 116.0
| Jiangxi Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: simplified Chinese: 赣; traditional Chinese: 贛 (pinyin: Gàn Kōm (Gan)) |
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| Origin of name | Contraction of: 江南西; Jiāngnán Xī "The western Jiangnan" |
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| Administration type | Province | ||||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Nanchang | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Su Rong | ||||||||
| Governor | Lu Xinshe | ||||||||
| Area | 166,900 km2 (64,400 sq mi) (18th) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 24° 29' to 30° 05' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 113° 34' to 118° 29' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
44,567,475 (13th) 264 /km2 (680 /sq mi) (16th) |
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| GDP (2011) - per capita |
CNY 1158.3 billion US$ 183.8 billion (19th) CNY 21,253 US$ 3,140 (24th) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.760 (medium) (25th) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han – 99.7% She – 0.2% |
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| Languages and dialects | Gan, Mandarin, Hakka | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 11 divisions | ||||||||
| County level | 99 divisions | ||||||||
| Township level* | 1549 divisions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-36 | ||||||||
| Official website http://www.jiangxi.gov.cn/ (Chinese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: * | |||||||||
| Template • Discussion • WikiProject China | |||||||||
Jiangxi (Chinese: 江西; pinyin: Jiāngxī; Wade–Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi, Gan: Kongsi) is a province in the People's Republic of China, located in the southeast of the country. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south and east, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest.
The name "Jiangxi" derives from the circuit administrated under the Tang Dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao (江南西道, Circuit of Western Jiangnan; Gan: Kongnomsitau). The short name for Jiangxi is 赣 (pinyin: Gàn; Gan: Gōm), for the Gan River which runs across from the south to the north and flows into the Yangtze River. Jiangxi is also alternately called "Gompotaiti" (贛鄱大地) which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po".
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