Jiujiang , formerly called is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in northwest Jiangxi Province, China.
Jiujiang covers an area of 18.8 thousand square km with the total population of approximately 4,500,000, of whom approximately 500,000 are urban.
Han people make up 99.8% of the population, there are 25 minority nationalities, including six with a local population of more than 100: Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Tujia, and She.
Jiujiang is located between longitude 113o57’E. and 116o53’E. and latitude 28o47’N. and 30o06’N. Jiujiang covers a transitional area between the central sub-tropical and northern sub-tropical regions. Its annual average temperature is 16-17°C; Annual rainfall, 1300-1600mm; frost-free period, 239-266 days per year; and the average number of foggy days is never more than 16 days per year. Jiujiang is a city with a temperate climate, ample rainfall, ample sunshine and four distinctive seasons.
History
Jiujiang (Nine River in Chinese meaning ) got , nine rivers join here (Ganjiang water, Po water, Yu water, Xiu water, Gan water, Xu water, Shu water, Nan water and Peng water). Jiujiang is on the southern bank of the juncture of the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake and rives which flow through Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui Province are flowing together here, it is spectacular sight of a vast expanse of misty.
Jiujiang was developed earlier in ancient time. In the Xia and Shang Dynasty, Jiujiang belongs to Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Jiujiang was located in the west territory of the Wu Kingdom and the east of the ChuKingdom during the Spring and Autumn Periods, so it was called “the head of the Wu Kingdom and the tail of the ChuKingdom”. Jiujiang first came into being as an administrative division during the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang established 36 prefectures including Jiujiang prefecture. Later it was called Jiangzhou, Chaisang, Xunyang, Runan, Pencheng, Dehua etc. and among these Jiujiang, Chaisang, Xunyang and Jiangzhou are the best know.
County-level city:
Ruichang
Counties:
Wuning County ,Jiujiang County ,Xiushui County ,Yongxiu County ,De’an County ,Xingzi County
Duchang County ,Hukou County and Pengze County ,
Districts:
Xunyang District ,Lushan District
