Nanchang

Nanchang (}; }) is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located 60 km south of the Yangtze River and sits on the banks of the Gan River. Nanchang is known for the Tengwang Pavilion, a towering pavilion dating to 653 and Nanchang's People's Square, the second largest public square in China, after Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Nanchang has a population of 1,934,445 people and a metropolitan area of 1,990,184 people [link].

Contents

1 Economics
2 History
3 Colleges and universities
4 External links

Economics

Nanchang exists as a hub of the agricultural production in Jiangxi Province. Such products as rice and oranges are economic staple. The Ford Motor Company has a plant in Nanchang, assembling the Ford Transit van as part of the Jiangling Motor joint venture. Nanchang also is a center of the production of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmaceuticals.

History

In the early Han Dynasty (201 BC), a city called Gàn (灌) was constructed.

In 589 AD (Sui Dynasty), it was renamed Hongzhou (洪州), and eventually Nanchang.

In 653 AD, the Tengwang Pavilion was constructed. In 675 AD, Wang Bo (王勃) wrote the classic “Tengwang Ge Xu”. The building as well as the city became celebrated for Wang’s introduction article. The Pavilion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout China's history. In its present form, Tengwang Pavilion was reconstructed in the 1980s after being destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

In 1927, the Nanchang Uprising took place.

In 1939, the Battle of Nanchang took place.

Colleges and universities

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (江西财经大学) (founded 1923)
Nanchang University (南昌大学)
Jiangxi Normal University (江西师范大学)
Jiangxi Agricultural University (江西农业大学)
East China Jiaotong University (华东交通大学)
Nanchang Institute of Aeronautical Technology (南昌航空工业学院)
Jiangxi Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (江西中医学院)

Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.

External links

Prefecture-level divisions of Jiangxi

'''Prefecture-level cities:

List of Jiangxi County-level divisions

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