Yongxin County

Yongxin County
永新县
Yungsin
Location of Yongxin County (red) within Ji'an City (gold) and Jiangxi
Location of Yongxin County (red) within Ji'an City (gold) and Jiangxi
Coordinates: 26°57′N 114°14′E / 26.950°N 114.233°E / 26.950; 114.233
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJi'an
Founded in204 CE(东汉建安九年)
Founded byZhou Yu(周瑜)
SeatHechuan Town
Government
 • CPC SecretaryZheng Jun Ping (郑军平)
 • MayorGu Qiu Yun (古秋云)
Area
 • Total2,195 km2 (847 sq mi)
 • Water82.5824 km2 (31.8852 sq mi)  3.76%
 • Rank6th in Ji'an (8.7% of Ji'an)
Highest elevation
(Qiushan Mountain)
1,391.3 m (4,564.6 ft)
Population
 • Total393,984
 • Rank6th in Ji'an (8.8% of Ji'an)
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
343400
Telephone numbers in China0796
ID card code360830
Websitewww.yongxin.gov.cn

Yongxin County (simplified Chinese: 永新县; traditional Chinese: 永新縣; pinyin: Yǒngxīn Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is located within the Jinggang Mountains under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. The county was built in the ninth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han dynasty that is, in 204 AD. The name of the county was derived from Great Learning in the meaning of "the sun (日) is forever () and the moon (月) is new ()".[1]

One of the villages in Yongxin, Sanwan Town, is known for the creation of the 1st regiment of the Chinese Red Army led by Mao Zedong with 1,000 soldiers that fled the Kuomintang after the failed Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927.

  1. ^ "(in simplified Chinese) Overview of Yongxin County". www.yongxin.gov.cn. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-20.