Chaisang District (), known as Jiujiang County () before September 2017, is a district of the city of
Jiujiang
Jiujiang, formerly transliterated Kiukiang and Kew-Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level ...
in
Jiangxi Province, China. It has non-contiguous land area, with a smaller
exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...
to the northeast being separated by
Lianxi District and
Xunyang District.
History
During the
Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from AD 220 to 280 following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and followed by the Jin dynasty (266–420), Western Jin dyna ...
era, Chaisang was a stronghold in the
Eastern Wu
Wu (Chinese language, Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China and one of the three major sta ...
state.
Administrative divisions
Chaisang District is divided to 3 subdistricts, 5 towns and 4 townships.
;3 subdistricts
*
Shahe ()
*
Shizi ()
*
Chengmen ()
;5 towns
;4 townships
Climate
References
External links
County-level divisions of Jiangxi
Jiujiang
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