Nanchang

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Nanchang

Total population

292,000

Coordinates28.56°, 115.93°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strategic location connecting the prosperous East and South China, it has become a major railway hub in Southern China in recent decades.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

G

Gong Jianhua

Chinese politician

Lu Yunzhang

Chinese politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Jiangxi

• Qingyunpu
  4.5 mi away
• Wuyang
  5.9 mi away · pop. 47,259
• Xiangtang
  7.6 mi away · pop. 122,329
• Houtian
  10.5 mi away
• Honggutan
  10.8 mi away
• Wangcheng
  11.5 mi away
• Yangzizhou
  11.5 mi away
• Maqiu
  12.1 mi away
• Youlan
  13.5 mi away · pop. 72,598
• Tangnan
  14.5 mi away · pop. 66,311
• Shibu
  15.2 mi away
• Wenzhen
  17.1 mi away

Browse all places in Jiangxi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Nanchang

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pale Grass Blue

Pseudozizeeria maha

Seen 2026-10-12

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Cyornis brunneatus

Seen 2026-09-27

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Seen 2026-09-25

Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Seen 2026-09-12

Korean Bullhead

Tachysurus sinensis

Seen 2026-09-12

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Seen 2026-09-12

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Seen 2026-09-11

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Seen 2026-09-11

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).