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Jiangxi
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Jiangxi, abbreviated as Gan, with Nanchang as its capital. Jiangxi is located in the southeastern part of China, on the southern bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, belonging to the East China region. It borders Zhejiang and Fujian to the east; Guangdong to the south; Hunan to the west; and Hubei and Anhui to the north, sharing the Yangtze River. As of June 2020, Jiangxi has 11 prefecture-level cities and 27 district-level cities, with a total area of 166,900 square kilometers and a permanent population of 46.661 million. Jiangxi has a superior geographical location and convenient transportation, situated in the Jiangnan region, historically known as "the land of Gan and Yue" and "the head of Wu and the tail of Chu, the door of Yue and the courtyard of Min," making it a "region of scenic beauty and strategic importance." It is renowned as "a land of literature and righteousness, a country of white cranes and fish and rice." Some areas of Jiangxi belong to the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, and it is home to China's largest freshwater lake—Poyang Lake, as well as one of Asia's super-large copper industrial bases, earning it titles such as "the tungsten capital of the world," "the kingdom of rare earths," "the copper capital of China," and "the hometown of non-ferrous metals." Jiangxi's red culture is famous both domestically and internationally; Jinggangshan is known as the cradle of the Chinese revolution, Nanchang is the birthplace of the People's Liberation Army of China, Ruijin is where the temporary central government of the Chinese Soviet Republic was established, and Anyuan is the origin of the Chinese labor movement.