Ganzhou
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Ganzhou 赣州市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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 Location of Ganzhou City jurisdiction in Jiangxi |
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| Coordinates: 25°52′N 114°56′E / 25.867°N 114.933°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Settled | 236AD |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (deputy) | Zeng Wenming |
| • Secretary | Li Bingjun |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 39,379.64 km2 (15,204.56 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,323.7 km2 (897.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,316.8 km2 (2,052.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 8,368,447 |
| • Urban | 1,430,289 |
| • Metro | 1,977,253 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 341000 |
| Area code(s) | 0797 |
| GDP | 2011 |
| - Total |
CNY 133.598 billion US$ 21.009 billion |
| - Per capita | CNY 14,910 US$ 2,345 |
| - Growth |
 12.5% |
| Vehicle registration plate prefixes | 赣B |
| Administrative division code | 360700 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-36-07 |
| Website | http://www.ganzhou.gov.cn/ |
Ganzhou (Chinese: 赣州; pinyin: Gànzhōu), formerly romanized as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangxi, China, bordering Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, and Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong District. Its population was 8,361,447 at the 2010 census whom 1,977,253 in the built-up (or "metro") area made of Zhanggong and Nankang, and Ganxian largely being urbanized.
In 201, Emperor Gaozu of Han established a county in the territory of modern Ganzhou. In those early years, Han Chinese settlement and authority in the area was minimal and largely restricted to the Gan River basin. The river, a tributary of the Yangtze via Poyang Lake, provided a route of communication from the north as well as irrigation for rice farming.
During the Sui dynasty, the county administration was promoted to prefecture status and the area called Qianzhou (虔州). During the Song, immigration from the north bolstered the local population and drove local aboriginal tribes further into the hills. After the fall of the capital to the Jin in 1126 in the Jingkang Incident, immigration increased dramatically.
The province's name was officially changed to Ganzhou during the Southern Song (1127–1279).
During the late 1800s Ganzhou was opened as one of the southern treaty ports and became a minor base for foreign companies. Between 1929 and 1934, Ganzhou formed a part of the Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet, one of the bases of the Communist Party of China. Due to its proximity to the Red capital Ruijin, Ganzhou was subject to a number of Kuomintang encirclement campaigns.
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