Jishui County
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| Jishui County | |
|---|---|
| Administration Type | County |
| Mayor | Liú Lánfang |
| Population | 480'000 |
| Area | 2531.73 km² |
| Postal Code | 331600 |
| Area code | 0796 |
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[edit] Jishui County
Jishui County (Chinese: 吉水县; Pinyin: Jíshǔi Xiàn）is a county located on the Gan River Ji'an city, Jiangxi province, China.
It has an area of 2531.73 km² and a population of 480,000. It is located central of Jiangxi（central east of Ji'an city),196 km south of Nanchang(Captial of Jiangxi province),23 km north from Ji'an. The local speech is a variety of Gan Chinese. The government of Jishui is located Wenfeng town（文峰镇).
[edit] History
It has 1,300 years history,It became a county during the Sui dynasty(隋）. There are many famous people from here ,such as Yang Wanli(Song dynasty),Xie Jin解缙(Ming dynasty),Luo Hongxian罗洪先(Ming dynasty).The first Chinese map is made by LuoHongxian who is from Jishui Futian(阜田）.
[edit] Economy
Jiahui exists as a regional hub for agricultural production in Jiangxi Province.Products such as rice and oranges are economic staples. Jishui is a center of the production of traditional glove.The glove's exportation is ranked 1st in Jiangxi province.The GDP of Jishui county in 2005 was 370 million Yuan.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Rail
Jishui has extensive railway infrastructure which connects to many important cities in other provinces,such as Beijing,Wuhan,Shenzhen,Shangqiu and FuYang The Beijing-Jiulong Railway is the built in 1997.Jishui Railway station is operated by Nanchang Bureau of Railways.
- Beijing-Jiulong Railway (京九铁路)
[edit] Air
Jinggangshan Airport built in 2004 is the main airport. It is situated in Taihe County,50 kilometres north of the CDB area. The airport is connected to major mainland cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen.
[edit] Road
The road transport infrastructure in Jishui is extensive. There are national highway that goes through Jishui. It is the No.105 National roads No.105 from Beijing to Zhuhai,Ganyue Expressway's entrance is 18 km from the CDB area
- Ganyue Expressway(赣粤高速公路）
[edit] Water
Jishui is situated on the Gan River,JishuiPort is on the Gan River.
[edit] Tourism
Attractions in Jishui include Yanfang Ancient Villiage(燕坊古村),Dadongshan,Taohua Island and so on.
[edit] Administration
Under its direct administration it has 18towns,County's goverment located Wenfeng.
- Wenfeng (文峰)
- Futian (阜田)
- Pangu (盘谷)
- Fengjiang (枫江)
- Huangqiao (黄桥)
- Jintan (金滩)
- Badu (八都)
- Shuangcun (双村)
- Laoqiao (醪桥)
- Luotian (螺田)
- Baisha (白沙)
- Baishui (白水)
- Dingjiang (丁江)
- Wujiang (乌江)
- Shuinan (水南)
- Shangxian (尚贤)
- Shuitian (水田)
- Guanshan (冠山)
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