Ji'an () is a

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situated in the central region of

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into h ...

province of the People's Republic of China while bordering

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province to the west. It has an area of and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of whom 643,399 live in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of 2 urban districts. Ji'an lies next to the Luoxiao Mountains () with the Gan River running through the middle of the city. Local dialects include a form of Gan Chinese (Jicha subgroup, ) as well as

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. Ji'an () is an abbreviation of its original name "" (). It has also formerly been known as Luling () and Jizhou ().

Administration

The Ji'an municipal region comprises two districts, a

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and ten counties.

District

Jizhou District Jizhou may refer to: * Jizhou District, Hengshui (), Hebei **Jizhou Town (), subdivision of Jizhou District, Hengshui * Jizhou District, Ji'an (), Jiangxi *Jizhou District, Tianjin () Historical locations *Ji Province (), one of the Nine Provinces ...

() * Qingyuan District ()

County-level city

* Jinggangshan City ()

Counties

* Ji'an County () * Jishui County () * Yongxin County () * Anfu County () * Xingan County () *

Xiajiang County Xiajiang County () is a county of west-central Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. Administrative divisions In the present, Xiajiang County has 6 towns , 4 townships a ...

() * Yongfeng County () * Taihe County () * Wan'an County () * Suichuan County ()

Geography

Climate

Ji'an has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen ''Cfa'') affected by the East Asian

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, with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, with an annual average of . The average annual precipitation is around . With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 19% in March to 59% in July, the city receives 1,641 hours of bright sunshine annually. Winter begins somewhat sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier; spring begins especially gloomy, and from April to June each of the months averages more than of rainfall. After the heavy rains subside in June, summer is especially sunny. Autumn is warm and relatively dry.

Transportation

Jinggangshan Airport in Taihe County serves Ji'an. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway line passes through the Ji'an municipality with train stations in Xingan, Xiajiang, Jishui, Ji'an ( Ji'an Station), and Taihe. Ji'an is connected to the China National Highways 105 and

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Education

Jinggangshan University is located in Qingyuan District, Ji'an. The Ji'an Public Library (), with its main library in

, serves the city.

Notable people

* Ouyang Xiu (), a statesman, historian, poet and essayist of the

Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the res ...

. * Ouyang Ziyuan (), a cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate. * Wen Tianxiang (), a scholar general, and famed anti-Yuan leader during the latter days of the Southern Song Dynasty. * Yang Wanli (), one of the "four masters" of poetry of the Southern Song Dynasty. *Hu Quan (), essayist and one of the four grand ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty. *Zhou Bida (), a left prime minister during the Southern Song Dynasty. * Luo Hongxian (), a Ming Dynasty cartographer. * Xiao Gang, former deputy governor of the People's Bank of China. * Liu Zhi, former general of

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External links

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Ji'an Public Library
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