Yongxiu () is a county under the administration of

Jiujiang City 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 northern

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, People's Republic of China, on the western shores of

Poyang Lake Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. Located within Jiujiang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province, it is fed by the Gan, Xin, and Xiu rivers and flows northward into the Yangtze River through a channel. The area of Poyang Lake f ...

. , the county has a total population of 361,000 residing in an area of . Bordering counties are

Duchang Duchang () is a county in the north-northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Containing part of Poyang Lake, it is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang Jiujiang, formerly transliterated Kiukiang an ...

, Xingzi,

De'an De'an () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, provin ...

, Wuning, Jing'an, Xinjian, and Anyi, while the county seat is north of

Nanchang 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 strate ...

, the provincial capital, and south-southwest of downtown Jiujiang.

Administrative divisions

Yongxiu County has 11 towns and 4 townships.

Towns (镇)

The county has 11 towns:

Townships (乡)

There are 4 townships:

Transport

The Yongxiu County seat is north-northeast of

Nanchang Changbei International Airport Nanchang Changbei International Airport is an international airport serving Nanchang, the capital of East China’s Jiangxi province. It is located north of Nanchang. Construction began in October 1996 and the airport went into operation on ...

, and south of

Jiujiang Lushan Airport Jiujiang Lushan Airport is an airport serving Jiujiang, a city in the province of Jiangxi in China. The airport began operations on June 18, 1998. All flights from the airport were suspended on March 21, 2015. The airport reopened on October 31, ...

. The

Beijing–Kowloon Railway The Beijing–Kowloon railway, also known as the Jingjiu railway () is a dual track railway connecting Beijing West railway station in Beijing to Shenzhen railway station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It was previously connected with Hon ...

and Nanchang–Jiujiang Intercity Railway traverse the county, and are served by the Yongxiu Railway Station. Major highways passing through Yongxiu County are

G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway The Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway (), designated as G70 and commonly referred to as the Fuyin Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Fuzhou, Fujian, China, and Yinchuan Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia, Ningxia Hui A ...

China National Highway 105 China National Highway 105 (G105) runs from Beijing to Macau SAR, via Langfang, Chuangzhou, Dezhou, Donge, Jining, Shuangyou, Fuyang, Liuan, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ji'an, Guangzhou and Zhuhai. It runs to approximately 2,717 km, and, on a map, ...

, and

China National Highway 316 China National Highway 316 (G316) runs from Fuzhou in Fujian to Lanzhou in Gansu, via Nanchang (in Jiangxi) and Wuhan (in Hubei). It is 2915 kilometres in length. The highway crosses the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Fujian. ...

. Due to its importance in north–south travel in the province, Yongxiu was known as the "Gate of Hongdu" () in

ancient China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...

Tourism

The spectacular

Zhelin Reservoir The Zhelin Reservoir (, Gan: Chā-līm fîkhú), also named Mount Lu West Sea (), is a reservoir located in the counties of Yongxiu, Wuning, and Xiushui in Jiujiang, China. It is 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lu, with a total area of 308 ...

lies in the northwest part of the county. The sacred

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

heaven Yunju Mountain stands in the southwest. The famous

Poyang Lake Nature Reserve Poyang may refer to: *Lake Poyang, a lake in Jiangxi, China *Poyang County Poyang County is a county under the administration of Shangrao city in the northeast of Jiangxi Province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui Province to t ...

Administrative divisions

Towns (镇)

Townships (乡)

Transport

Tourism

Climate

References

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