Xiangtang, Jiangxi

Xiangtang 向塘镇
Town
Coordinates: 28°25′58″N 115°58′10″E / 28.43278°N 115.96944°E / 28.43278; 115.96944
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Nanchang
County	Nanchang
Area
• Total	146 km2 (56 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (101 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	150,000
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	330201
Area code	0791

Xiangtang (Chinese: 向塘; pinyin: xiàngtáng; lit. 'face river bank'; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕjɑ̃tʰɑ̃]) is a town located to the south of Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi province, under the administration of Nanchang County It is the most populous town in the province with the population more than 150,000 as of the 2010 census. The town was established from a village, which is still remaining near the present center of the town, during the Qing Dynasty. The village experienced fast growth when the main part of the Zhejiang–Jiangxi Railway was completed in 1935. Nowadays, Xiangtang has two main rail stations: Xiangtang West Station as the second largest freight yard in China and Xiangtang Station as a level-1 passenger station nationwide.^[1] It is the location of Nanchang Xiangtang Airport, Nanchang's main civil airport (dual-use military/civil) before Nanchang Changbei International Airport went into operation on September 10, 1999.^[2]

There are 33 government-owned institutions and about 4000 researchers and technicians working here. In 1999, Xiangtang became a provincial level development zone and boosted the medical, chemical, clothing, material industry and education.^{[citation needed]}