Ji'an
吉安市
Kian
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Top to bottom, left to right: Ji'an city hall, the Wugong Mountains on the border with Pingxiang, the Jinggang Mountains, Ji'an Revolutionary Museum, Qingyuan District Hall
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Location of Ji'an City jurisdiction in Jiangxi
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| Coordinates (Ji'an municipal government): 27°05′28″N 114°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 | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 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]
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| • Prefecture-level city | 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
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| 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 a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China while bordering Hunan province to the west. It has an area of 25,219 km2 (9,737 sq mi) and as of the 2020 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 the Luoxiao Mountains (罗霄山脉) with the Gan River running through the middle of the city. Local dialects include a form of Gan Chinese (Jicha subgroup, 吉茶片) as well as Hakka 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).
The Ji'an municipal region comprises two districts, a county-level city and ten counties.
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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 (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, 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) |
| Average precipitation 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 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine 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 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 20 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 55 | 52 | 44 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 34 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
Jinggangshan AirportinTaihe County serves Ji'an. 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.
Jinggangshan University is located in Qingyuan District, Ji'an.
The Ji'an Public Library (吉安市图书馆), with its main library in Jizhou District, serves the city.[7]
地址：江西省吉安市吉州大道
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