Nanchang
Nanchang
南昌市 | |
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Nanchang Skyline, with the Pavilion of Prince Teng in the front | |
| Nickname(s): Hongcheng (洪城 lit. Grand City), Hongdu (洪都 lit. Grand Metropolis), Yuzhang (豫章) | |
Location of Nanchang City jurisdiction in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Nanchang municipal government): 28°40′59″N 115°51′29″E / 28.683°N 115.858°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| County-level divisions | 6 districts, 3 counties |
| Municipal seat | Honggutan District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Nanchang Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Wu Xiaojun |
| • Congress Chairman | Wu Weizhu |
| • Mayor | Ge Guangming |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Liu Jiafu |
| Area | |
| 7,194 km2 (2,778 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 686 km2 (265 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,588 km2 (1,771 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (122 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 6,255,007 | |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,929,660 |
| • Urban density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,382,162 |
| • Metro density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| GDP (2024) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 780.04 billion US$ 109.53 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 117,843 US$ 16,547 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 330000 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-01 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 赣A, 赣M |
| City Flower | Chinese Rose |
| City Tree | Camphor Laurel |
| Website | nc |
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"Nanchang" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 南昌 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Southern Prosperity" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strategic location connecting the prosperous East and South China, it has become a major railway hub in Southern China in recent decades.
As the Nanchang Uprising in 1927 is distinctively recognized by the ruling Communist Party as "firing the first gunshot against the Nationalists", the current government has therefore named the city since 1949 "the place where the People's Liberation Army was born", and the most widely known "place where the military banner of the People's Liberation Army was first raised".
Nanchang is also a major city, appearing among the top 100 cities in the world by scientific research outputs, as tracked by the Nature Index and home to Nanchang University.