Nanchang

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南昌市
Nánchāng Shì
Abbreviation: 洪 (Pinyin: Hóng)
Image:Nanchang location.png
Origin of Name	from the early Han dynasty 南方 nán - Southern 昌盛 chāng - prosperous Together - Southern prosperity
Administration Type	Sub-provincial city, Provincial capital
Mayor	Lǐ Dòuluó
Area	74,236 km²
Population (2004) - Density	3,790,000 51.03/km²
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥77,046 billion (2004) ¥
City Flower	Chinese Rose R. chinensis Jacq.
City Tree	Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora
Official website: City of Nanchang

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 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 [1].

1 Economics
2 History
3 Colleges and universities
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] History

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. 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.