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Jiangxi Province

Jiangxi Province
江西省
Province
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese 江西省 (Jiāngxī Shěng)
 • Abbreviation simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: (pinyin: Gàn
Kōm (Gan))
 • Gan Kongsi
 • Hakka Pinyim Gong1 Si1 Sen3
Map showing the location of Jiangxi Province
Map showing the location of Jiangxi Province
Coordinates: 27°18′N 116°00′E / 27.3°N 116.0°E / 27.3; 116.0Coordinates: 27°18′N 116°00′E / 27.3°N 116.0°E / 27.3; 116.0
Named for Contraction of:
江南西; Jiāngnán Xī
"The western Jiangnan"
Capital Nanchang
Largest city Ganzhou
Divisions 11 prefectures, 99 counties, 1549 townships
Government
 • Secretary Lu Xinshe
 • Governor Liu Qi
Area
 • Total 166,919 km2 (64,448 sq mi)
Area rank 18th
Population (2013)
 • Total 45,200,000
 • Rank 13th
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
 • Density rank 16th
Demographics
 • Ethnic composition Han – 99.7%
She – 0.2%
 • Languages and dialects Gan, Hakka, Huizhou, Wu, Jianghuai Mandarin
ISO 3166 code CN-36
GDP (2015) CNY 1.6 billion
USD 269 billion (19th)
 • per capita CNY 36,700
USD 5,900 (24th)
HDI (2010) 0.662 (medium) (24th)
Website http://www.jiangxi.gov.cn/
(Chinese)
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (Chinese characters).svg
"Jiangxi" in Chinese characters
Chinese 江西
Gan Kong si
Literal meaning "Western Jiang[nan]"

Jiangxi (Chinese: ; pinyin: About this sound Jiāngxī; Wade–Giles: Chiang1-hsi1; 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 (, Circuit of Western Jiangnan; Gan: Kongnomsitau). The short name for Jiangxi is (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 Ganpo Dadi (贛鄱大地) which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po".


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