Jingdezhen

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Jingdezhen 景德镇市 Kingtechen; Kingtehchen; Chingtechen
Prefecture-level city
Location of Jingdezhen City jurisdiction in Jiangxi
Coordinates (Jingdezhen NPC): 29°17′30″N 117°11′55″E / 29.2917°N 117.1986°E / 29.2917; 117.1986
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Municipal seat	Changjiang District
Government
• CPC Party Secretary	Xu Aimin
• Mayor	Yan Ganhui
Area
• Total	5,256 km2 (2,029 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (114 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,669,057
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Total	CN¥ 77.2 billion US$ 12.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 47,217 US$ 7,581
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	333000
Area code	0798
ISO 3166 code	CN-JX-02
Licence plate prefixes	赣H
Administrative division code	360200
Website	jdz.gov.cn

Jingdezhen
"Jingdezhen" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	景德镇
Traditional Chinese	景德鎮
Postal	Fowliang
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jǐngdézhèn Wade–Giles Ching3-te2-chen4 IPA [tɕìŋ.tɤ̌.ʈʂə̂n] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gíng-dāk-jan Jyutping Ging2-dak1-zan3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Kíng-tik-tìn

Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city, in eastern Jiangxi province, with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018),^[1] bordering Anhui to the north. It is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics for at least 1,000 years, and for much of that period Jingdezhen porcelain was the most important and finest quality in China. The city has a well-documented history that stretches back over 2,000 years.