Ji'an

History

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.

In the Sui Dynasty, Luling County was changed to Jizhou, so Ji'an was also known as "Jizhou".

Administration

The Ji'an municipal region comprises two districts, a county-level city and ten counties.

District

• Jizhou District (吉州区)
• Qingyuan District (青原区)

County-level city

• Jinggangshan City (井冈山市)

Counties

• Ji'an County (吉安县)
• Jishui County (吉水县)
• Yongxin County (永新县)
• Anfu County (安福县)
• Xingan County (新干县)
• Xiajiang County (峡江县)
• Yongfeng County (永丰县)
• Taihe County (泰和县)
• Wan'an County (万安县)
• Suichuan County (遂川县)

Geography

The longitude of Ji'an City is 114.986373 east longitude, and the latitude is 27.111699 north latitude.

Climate

Ji'an has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) affected by the East Asian monsoon, with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 6.6 °C in January to 29.8 °C in July, with an annual average of 18.69 °C. The average annual precipitation is around 1570 mm. 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 of rainfall. After the heavy rains subside in June, summer is especially sunny. Autumn is warm and relatively dry.

|Jan record high C = 26.8 |Feb record high C = 31.0 |Mar record high C = 32.6 |Apr record high C = 36.2 |May record high C = 36.8 |Jun record high C = 38.1 |Jul record high C = 40.9 |Aug record high C = 40.8 |Sep record high C = 39.6 |Oct record high C = 36.7 |Nov record high C = 32.9 |Dec record high C = 29.4 |Jan record low C = −7.1 |Feb record low C = -8.0 |Mar record low C = −1.6 |Apr record low C = 2.7 |May record low C = 10.6 |Jun record low C = 15.5 |Jul record low C = 19.0 |Aug record low C = 19.3 |Sep record low C = 12.5 |Oct record low C = 3.3 |Nov record low C = -3.0 |Dec record low C = −6.7

Transportation

Jinggangshan Airport in Taihe 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. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway line passes through the Ji'an municipality with train stations in Xingan, Xiajiang, Jishui, Ji'an (Ji'an Station), and Taihe. Ji'an is connected to the China National Highways 105 and 319. The total mileage of roads in the city reaches 9,000 kilometers.

Education

Jinggangshan University is located in Qingyuan District, Ji'an.The school currently has three campuses: Qingyuan, Jifu and Changgang.

The Ji'an Public Library (), with its main library in Jizhou District, serves the city.

Notable people

• Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修), a statesman, historian, poet and essayist of the Song Dynasty.
• Ouyang Ziyuan (欧阳自远), a cosmochemist, geochemist and space advocate.
• Wen Tianxiang (文天祥), a scholar general, and famed anti-Yuan leader during the latter days of the Southern Song Dynasty.
• Yang Wanli (杨万里), one of the "four masters" of poetry of the Southern Song Dynasty.
• Hu Quan (胡铨), essayist and one of the four grand ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty.
• Zhou Bida (周必大), a left prime minister during the Southern Song Dynasty.
• Luo Hongxian (羅洪先), a Ming Dynasty cartographer.
• Xiao Gang, former deputy governor of the People's Bank of China.
• Liu Zhi, former general of Republic of China.
• Zeng Qinghong (曾庆红), former Vice President of China

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