Jiujiang City
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Jiujiang 九江市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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.png) Location of Jiujiang City jurisdiction in Jiangxi |
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| Coordinates: 29°44′17″N 115°59′14″E / 29.73806°N 115.98722°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhong Zhisheng |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 18,823 km2 (7,268 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,728,778 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 704,986 |
| • Urban density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 704,986 |
| • Metro density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | jiujiang |
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| Chinese | 九江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiǔjiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Chiu3-chiang1 |
| IPA | [tɕjòutɕjáŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gáu-gōng |
| Jyutping | Gau2-gong1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Káu-kang |
Jiujiang (Chinese: 九江), 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 Jiangxi province, after the provincial capital Nanchang. Jiujiang literally means "nine rivers".
Its population was 4,728,778 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 704,986 in the built up area made of 2 urban districts (Xunyang and Lushan). In 2007, the city is named China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.
There are 235 towns and 11 sub-district offices.
In ancient times it was told that nine rivers converged near where Jiujiang sprang up to become Jiangxi's main water port today. During the Xia through the Shang Dynasties Jiujiang was a capital of several states. In the Spring & Autumn Period (770-476 BCE) Jiujiang bordered between the states of Wu (downstream, to the east) and Chu (upstream, to the west). Tao Yuanming (365-429 CE) a famous Chinese philosopher lived at the base of Lushan. He was once appointed magistrate of nearby Pengze County and after 83 days resigned due to the politics involved in administering justice. He retired back to his village to pen an essay called "Peach Blossom Spring". In 757, Li Po (701-762 CE) was implicated in An-Shi disturbances and imprisoned at Jiujiang. Bai Juyi (772-846 CE) wrote a poem called "Lute Song", which is about his sadness and isolation of forced exile as a middle rank official to reside in such a small town. In the 13th century Zhu Xi was a Confucian philosopher who practiced at the White Deer Grotto Academy, on Lushan's eastern flanks.
Jiujiang has also been known as Jiangzhou and Xunyang in former times. During the Qin Dynasty (265-420 CE) it was known as Sin Yang, the Liang dynasty (502-557 CE) it was called Jiang Zhou. The Sui Dynasty saw its name as Jiujiang and the Song Dynasty (960-1127) called it Ting Jiang. The Ming dynasty (1368–1644), gave it Jiujiang which has retained its name to this day. It was a Taiping stronghold for five years (1850–64) after they devastated the town to only leave one street with buildings intact.
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