Jiujiang
九江市 Kiukiang | |
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Coordinates (Jiujiang municipal government): 29°39′40″N 115°57′14″E / 29.661°N 115.954°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangxi |
Seat | Municipal seat |
Government | |
• Party Secretary | Liu Wenhua |
• Mayor | Yang Wenbin |
Area | |
18,823 km2 (7,268 sq mi) | |
• Urban | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) |
• Metro | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,794 m (5,886 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
4,600,276 | |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,814,240 |
• Urban density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,164,268 |
• Metro density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 190.3 billion US$ 30.5 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 39,505 US$ 6,343 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-04 |
Website | www |
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Chinese | 九江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Postal | Kiukang | ||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Nine Rivers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 city in Jiangxi and its borders include Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Jiujiang is the fourth largest port on the Yangtze River[3][4] and was one of the first five cities that were opened to foreign trade along the Yangtze River following the implementation of Deng Xiaoping's Opening-Up Policy. It is Jiangxi's only international trade port city.
Its population was 4,600,276 inhabitants at the 2020 census, 1,164,268 of whom resided in the built-up area (metro) made up of three urban districts (aka Xunyang, Lianxi, and Chaisang).[5] In 2007, the city was named China's top ten livable cities by the Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.[6] In 2022, the State Council of China granted Jiujiang the title of Famed National Historical and Cultural City for its rich history and multiculture background in the Republic of China era.