23 Facts About Jiangxi

Jiangxi is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China.

Name "Jiangxi" is derived from the circuit administrated under the Tang dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao .

The abbreviation for Jiangxi is "", for the Gan River which runs across from the south to the north and flows into the Yangtze River.

Jiangxi is alternately called Ganpo Dadi which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po".

Southern half of Jiangxi is hilly and mountainous, with ranges and valleys interspersed; notable mountains and mountain ranges include Mount Lu, the Jinggang Mountains and Mount Sanqing.

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Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, and niobium.

Jiangxi is centered on the Gan River valley, which historically provided the main north–south transport route of south China.

Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the Shang dynasty .

In 223 BC, when Qin conquered Chu, a majority of the Jiangxi area was recorded to be put under Jiujiang Commandary situated in Shouchun .

Jiangxi acquired its modern borders during the Ming dynasty after Guangdong was separated out.

In 1936, after the opening of the Yuehan Railway in Hunan, Jiangxi lost its important position regarding north–south traffic.

The highest point in Jiangxi is Mount Huanggang in the Wuyi Mountains, on the border with Fujian.

Jiangxi has a humid subtropical climate, with short, cool, damp winters, and very hot, humid summers.

Jiangxi is divided into eleven prefecture-level divisions: all prefecture-level cities:.

Politics of Jiangxi is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

Governor of Jiangxi is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Jiangxi.

Jiangxi is the leading producer of kumquats in China, particularly Suichuan County.

Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, niobium, among others.

Jiangxi has the lowest wages and third lowest property prices in all of China.

Predominant religions in Jiangxi are Chinese folk religions, Taoist traditions and Chinese Buddhism.

Jiangxi is the main area of concentration of the Gan varieties of Chinese, spoken over most of the northern two-thirds of the province.

In 2007, Jiangxi was the filming location for the fifteenth series of the American TV show Survivor.

Mountainous terrain and large forest coverage of Jiangxi has made it historically one of the more wild places of central China.