Jiujiang

Location of Jiujiang within Jiangxi

Jiujiang (}; }) is a prefecture-level city occupying the northwest corner of Jiangxi Province in southeast China. It is an important port city in the middle stretch of the Yangtze River (Changjiang).

The city administers a total population of approximately 4,500,000, of whom approximately 500,000 are urban. The population density is 235 per km². Han people make up 99.8% of the population, but registered residents include representatives of 25 minority nationalities, including six with a local population of more than 100: Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Tujia, and She.

Unlike the Gan dialects typical of Jiangxi, the local speech of Jiujiang is a variety of Mandarin.

Picturesque Mount Lushan, located in the south of the urban center, is listed as a world heritage site.

The city suffered deaths and damage from the 2005 Ruichang earthquake.

Administrative divisions

County-level city: Ruichang
Counties: Wuning County, Jiujiang County, Xiushui County, Yongxiu County, Dean County, Xingzi County, Duchang County, Hukou County, Pengze County
Districts: Xunyang, Lushan
Bureau: Lushan Cultural Sites Administrative Bureau
Development regions: Jiujiang Open Development Region, Gongqing Open Development Region

There are 235 towns and 11 sub-district offices.

Colleges and universities

Jiujiang Financial and Economic College

External links

Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangxi

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List of Jiangxi County-level divisions

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