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Nanchang 南昌市 洪 (Pinyin: Hóng)
—  Sub-provincial city  —
Chinese transliteration(s)
- Chinese	南昌市
- Pinyin	Nánchāng Shì
Nanchang International Airport
The location of Nanchang in China
Country	China
Province	Jiangxi
Government
- Mayor	Li Douluo
Area
- Total	7,372 km² (2,846.3 sq mi)
Population
- Total	3,790,000
- Density	514.1/km² (1,331.5/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
City Flower	Chinese Rose
City Tree	Camphor Laurel
Website: http://www.nc.jx.cn/

Nanchang (Chinese: 南昌; pinyin: Nánchāng) 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 Bayi Square (Literally Aug. 1st Square aka. People's Square), whose size is approximately 78,000 m²,[1] the second largest public square in China, after Beijing's Tiananmen Square. It is also home to the world's tallest ferris wheel called the The Star of Nanchang [2]. Nanchang has a population of 1,934,445 people and a metropolitan area consisting of 1,990,184 people[3].

Contents 1 History 2 Administration 3 Economics 4 Colleges and universities 5 Transportation 6 External links

In the early Han Dynasty (201 BC), a city called Gàn (赣) 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 and the author is known to all Chinese-speaking population by this master-piece. 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 in 1929 during Chinese civil war.

In 1927, the Nanchang Uprising took place.

In 1939, the Battle of Nanchang took place.

• Donghu District (东湖区)
• Xihu District (西湖区)
• Qingyunpu District (青云谱区)
• Wanli District (湾里区)
• Qingshanhu District (青山湖区)
• Nanchang County (南昌县)
• Xinjian County (新建县)
• Anyi County (安义县)
• Jinxian County (进贤县)

Nanchang exists as a regional hub for agricultural production in Jiangxi Province. Products such as rice and oranges are economic staples. 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.

• 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 Normal College of Science and Technology (江西科技师范学院)
• 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.

In the aspect of railway transportation, Nanchang is the joint of the Beijing-Jiulong Railway and Shanghai-Kunming Railway(formerly Zhe-Gan Railway, literally Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway), making it one of the most important transport hubs in the south of China and the home to the Nanchang Bureau of Railway, which is in charge of the railway system in the majority of the provinces of Jiangxi and Fujian.

From 2007, Nanchang is also connected with neighboring cities Hangzhou, Changsha and Shanghai with CRH(China Railway High-speed).

• Nanchang Changbei International Airport (南昌昌北国际机场)
• Beijing-Jiulong Railway (京九铁路)
• Shanghai-Kunming Railway (沪昆铁路)

• Official Website (Chinese)
• Nanchang Dialect
• TravelChinaGuide.com - City Guide of Nanchang
• Jiangxi Agricultural University
• A Brief introduction of American Newsweek to Nanchang
• [4] A introduction to Bayi Square in Chinese
• A guide and pictures from Nanchang

v • d • e Jiangxi Province of China
History • Politics • Economy
Prefecture-level divisions	Fuzhou • Ganzhou • Ji'an • Jingdezhen • Jiujiang Nanchang • Pingxiang • Shangrao • Xinyu • Yichun • Yingtan
See also: List of Jiangxi County-level divisions

v • d • e Major cities of Greater China
People's Republic of China	Direct-controlled municipalities	Beijing · Chongqing · Shanghai · Tianjin
	Sub-provincial cities	Changchun · Chengdu · Dalian · Guangzhou · Hangzhou  · Jinan · Harbin · Nanjing · Ningbo · Qingdao · Shenyang · Shenzhen · Wuhan · Xi'an · Xiamen
	Provincial capitals (not included above)	Changsha · Fuzhou · Guiyang · Haikou · Hefei · Hohhot · Kunming · Lanzhou · Lhasa · Nanchang · Nanning · Shijiazhuang · Taiyuan · Ürümqi · Xining · Yinchuan · Zhengzhou
	Special administrative regions	Hong Kong · Macau
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Direct-controlled municipalities	Kaohsiung · Taipei

Coordinates: 28°41′N, 115°53′E