Ji'an 吉安市 Kian | |
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     Top to bottom, left to right: Ji'an city hall, theWugong Mountains on the border withPingxiang, theJinggang Mountains, Ji'an Revolutionary Museum,Qingyuan District Hall | |
 Location of Ji'an City jurisdiction in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Ji'an municipal government):27°05′28″N114°58′01″E / 27.091243°N 114.96681°E /27.091243; 114.96681 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Wang Ping (王萍) |
| • Mayor | Wang Shaoxuan (王少玄) |
| Area | |
| 25,283 km2 (9,762 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,340 km2 (520 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,340 km2 (520 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 62 m (202 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 4,469,176 | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 643,399 |
| • Urban density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 643,399 |
| • Metro density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 132.3 billion US$ 21.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 27,168 US$ 4,362 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 343000 |
| Area code | 0796 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-08 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 赣D |
| Website | jian |
Ji'an (Chinese:吉安;pinyin:Jí'ān) is aprefecture-level city situated in the central region ofJiangxi province of the People's Republic of China while borderingHunan province to the west. It has an area of 25,219 km2 (9,737 sq mi) and as of the2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of whom 643,399 live in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts.Ji'an lies next to theLuoxiao Mountains (罗霄山脉) with theGan River running through the middle of the city. Local dialects include a form ofGan Chinese (Jicha subgroup,吉茶片) as well asHakka Chinese.
Ji'an (吉安) is an abbreviation of its original name "吉泰民安" (pinyin:Jítài Mín'ān). It has also formerly been known as Luling (廬陵)[3] and Jizhou (吉州).
In the 26th year of the First Emperor of Qin (211 BC), Luling County was established, which belonged to Jiujiang County, so Ji'an City was called "Luling" in ancient times. Luling in the Han Dynasty belonged to Yuzhang County.[4]
In the Sui Dynasty, Luling County was changed to Jizhou, so Ji'an was also known as "Jizhou".[5]
TheJi'an municipal region comprises two districts, acounty-level city and ten counties.
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The longitude of Ji'an City is 114.986373 east longitude, and the latitude is 27.111699 north latitude.[6]
Ji'an has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) affected by the East Asianmonsoon, with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps.[7] The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 6.6 °C (43.9 °F) in January to 29.8 °C (85.6 °F) in July, with an annual average of 18.69 °C (65.6 °F). The average annual precipitation is around 1,570 mm (62 in). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 19% in March to 59% in July, the city receives 1,641 hours of bright sunshine annually. Winter begins somewhat sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier; spring begins especially gloomy, and from April to June each of the months averages more than 210 mm (8.3 in) of rainfall. After the heavy rains subside in June, summer is especially sunny. Autumn is warm and relatively dry.
| Climate data for Ji'an (Ji'an County), elevation 71 m (233 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.8 (98.2) | 38.1 (100.6) | 40.9 (105.6) | 40.8 (105.4) | 39.6 (103.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 29.4 (84.9) | 40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 23.5 (74.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 19.1 (66.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 15.8 (60.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) | −8.0 (17.6) | −1.6 (29.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 3.3 (37.9) | −3.0 (26.6) | −6.7 (19.9) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 75.5 (2.97) | 89.4 (3.52) | 185.1 (7.29) | 199.4 (7.85) | 224.4 (8.83) | 277.9 (10.94) | 159.1 (6.26) | 136.6 (5.38) | 80.9 (3.19) | 60.9 (2.40) | 84.0 (3.31) | 58.1 (2.29) | 1,631.3 (64.23) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.1 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 17 | 16.1 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 153.6 |
| Average snowy days | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 65.7 | 68.5 | 72.6 | 102.1 | 124.6 | 132.4 | 229.4 | 208.0 | 160.4 | 145.4 | 116.3 | 104.0 | 1,529.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 20 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 55 | 52 | 44 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 34 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[8][9][10] | |||||||||||||
Jinggangshan Airport inTaihe County serves Ji'an. The airport, also known as Ji'an Airport, is an airport serving the city of Ji'an in Jiangxi Province, China. The airport is located in Taihe County, under the jurisdiction of Ji'an City, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ji'an City.[11] TheBeijing-Kowloon Railway line passes through the Ji'an municipality with train stations in Xingan, Xiajiang, Jishui, Ji'an (Ji'an Station), and Taihe.[12] Ji'an is connected to theChina National Highways 105 and319.[13] The total mileage of roads in the city reaches 9,000 kilometers.[14]
Jinggangshan University is located inQingyuan District, Ji'an.The school currently has three campuses: Qingyuan, Jifu and Changgang.[15]
The Ji'an Public Library (吉安市图书馆), with its main library inJizhou District, serves the city.[16]
地址：江西省吉安市吉州大道
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