Taihe County, Jiangxi

Taihe County
泰和县
Taiho
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E / 26.790°N 114.909°E / 26.790; 114.909
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJi'an
Area
 • Total2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation
57 m (188 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total512,225
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code0796
GDP (RMB)4.692 billion
Websitewww.jxth.gov.cn

Taihe County (simplified Chinese: 泰和县; traditional Chinese: 泰和縣; pinyin: Tàihé Xiàn) is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, 37 kilometres (23 mi) to the north-northeast.

Its area is almost the size of that of Rhode Island.[1]

  1. ^ Chu, Hung-Lam (1998). "A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century". 5 (2). China Review International: 401–405. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) - Cited: p. 401: "In the minds of Chinese literati, T'ai-ho County, covering an area slightly smaller than Rhode Island, in the southwestern part of Kiangsi Province,[...]"