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Jiujiang (Chinese: 九江; pinyin: Jiǔjiāng) is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in northwest Jiangxi Province, China. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 571 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 Ã— 1050 pixel, file size: 307 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jiujiang ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (åœ°çº§å¸‚ Pinyin: dÃ¬jÃ shÃ¬, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), or Drichu in Tibetan (Tibetan: à½ à½–à¾²à½²à¼‹à½†à½´à¼‹; Wylie: bri chu) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. ... Jiangxi (Chinese: æ±Ÿè¥¿; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the Peoples Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south. ...

The city suffered only slight damage in the 2005 Ruichang earthquake, but there were several deaths reported in outlying areas. The 2005 Ruichang earthquake was a moderate earthquake epicentered at 29. ...

Demography

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. Languages Chinese languages, Indian languages, Hebrew Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... The Hui people (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; pronounced hway) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... Languages Hmong/Mong Religions Shamanism, Buddhism, Christianity, others The terms Hmong (IPA:) and Mong () both refer to an Asian ethnic group whose homeland is in the mountainous regions of southern China. ... The Zhuang (Simplified Chinese: å£®æ—; Traditional Chinese: å£¯æ—; Hanyu Pinyin: ; own name: BouÑ‡cueÅ‹ÑŒ/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. ... The Tujia (土家族) are an ethnic group numbering about 8 million, living in the Wuling Mountains of Chinas Hunan and Hubei provinces. ... The She (ç•²) people are an ethnic group. ...

Unlike the Gan dialects typical of Jiangxi, the local speech of Jiujiang is a variety of Mandarin. Gan (èµ£è¯) is one of the major divisions of spoken Chinese, a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, concentrated in and typical of Jiangxi Province. ... Mandarin (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally speech of officials), or Beifanghua (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Northern Dialect(s)), is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ...

Industry

Colleges and universities

Sister cities

Jiujiang is twinned with: For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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Tourism

Picturesque Mount Lushan, located in the south of the urban center, is listed as a world heritage site. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mount Lushan is a mountain in the Peoples Republic of China (also known as Mount Lu), situated south of the city of Jiujiang in the Jiangxi Province, with Boyang Lake at its bank. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...

Administrative divisions

There are 235 towns and 11 sub-district offices. A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Ruichang (Chinese: ç‘žæ˜Œ; pinyin: ) is a city in the North of Chinas Jiangxi province, along the Yangtze River. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiÃ n). ... Dean County is a county under Jiujiang City in Jiangxi Province, China. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ...

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External links

Category: Cities in Jiangxi Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Jiangxi (Chinese: æ±Ÿè¥¿; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the Peoples Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Fuzhou (Chinese: æŠšå·ž; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Ganzhou (赣州) is a municipal unit, equivalent to a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province, China. ... Jian (Chinese: å‰å®‰; pinyin: JÃÄn) is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Position of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Jingdezhen (Simplified Chinese: æ™¯å¾·é•‡; Traditional Chinese: æ™¯å¾·éŽ®; Pinyin: ), or the Town of Jingde, is a prefecture-level city, previously a town, in Jiangxi Province, China, with a city population of 3,112,000 (estimate 2006) has been termed the Porcelain Capital (ç“·éƒ½) because of its production of quality... Nanchang (Chinese: å—æ˜Œ; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. ... Pingxiang (simplified Chinese: èä¹¡, pinyin: PÃngxiÄng) is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in western Jiangxi province, China. ... Shangrao is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of Chinas Jiangxi province. ... Xinyu City (æ–°ä½™, pinyin: XÄ«nyÃº) is a prefecture-level city in west-central Jiangxi province. ... Yichun (Chinese: å®œæ˜¥; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: I-chun; Postal System Pinyin: I-chun) is a city in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. ... Yingtan (鹰潭) is a small city in the east of Chinas Jiangxi province. ... Jiangxi, a province of the Peoples Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative division: 11 prefecture-level divisions all of which are prefecture-level cities 99 county-level divisions 10 county-level cities 70 counties 19 districts 1548 township-level divisions 770 towns...