Lianhua County

Lianhua County (莲花县) is in the municipal region of Pingxiang, Jiangxi. Nanchang is a popular attraction nearby.

Geography

Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.

Revolutionary History

Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.

Coordinates: 27°15′07″N 113°54′48″E / 27.25194°N 113.91333°E / 27.25194; 113.91333

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