Jiangxi

Jiangxi

Coordinates: 27°18′N 116°00′E / 27.3°N 116.0°E / 27.3; 116.0

Jiangxi Province

	江西省

Abbreviations: simplified Chinese: 赣; traditional Chinese: 贛 (pinyin: Gàn
Kōm (Gan))

Origin of name

Contraction of:
江南西; Jiāngnán Xī
"The western Jiangnan"

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)

GDP (2011)

- per capita

CNY 1158.3 billion
US$ 183.8 billion (19th)
CNY 21,253
US$ 3,140 (24th)

HDI (2008)

0.760 (medium) (25th)

Ethnic composition

Han – 99.7%
She – 0.2%

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)

Source for population and GDP data: Source for nationalities data: *

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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".