Province:       

Jiangxi

Official Name:

Jiāngxīshěng

Status:

Province

Chinese Characters:

Population Figure:    

approx. 41 million

Area:

167.000 square kilometer

Location:       

Southeast-China

Adjacent provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang

Capital City:

Nanchang

Sights:

The Lushan Mountain to the south of the Poyang lake offers wonderful mountain landscape with several peaks and waterfalls. It also presents a fantastic sight particularly on foggy days.

Jingdezhen is interesting for everyone interested in the manufacturing of Chinese porcelain.

General Information:

More than 99% of the population are Han-Chinese. The largest minority group is the She; other minorities are the Bai, Hui, Miao and Yao.

The most important river is the Gan river, which runs across the province from north to south where it leads into the Poyang lake. The Yangtze River borders the province. The climate is semitropical.

The biggest towns are Nanchang, Jiujiang, Pingxiang, Jingdezhen, Ganzhou and Yingtan.

Links:

http//www.jiangxi.gov.cn :
Jiangxi’s official website
http://www.china.org.cn/english/
China Internet Information Center