Ji'an

Ji'an
Ji'an
吉安
—  Prefecture-level city  —
吉安市
Location of Ji'an
Ji'an is located in China
Ji'an
Location in China
Coordinates: 27°08′N 115°00′E / 27.133°N 115°E / 27.133; 115Coordinates: 27°08′N 115°00′E / 27.133°N 115°E / 27.133; 115
Country China
Province Jiangxi
Government
 – CPC Secretary Zhou Meng
 – Mayor Wang Ping
Area
 – Prefecture-level city 25,219 km2 (9,737.1 sq mi)
 – Urban 1,331 km2 (513.9 sq mi)
 – Metro 1,331 km2 (513.9 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
 – Prefecture-level city 4,810,340
 – Density 190.7/km2 (494/sq mi)
 – Metro 460,194
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 343000
Area code(s) 0796
Website http://www.jian.gov.cn/

Ji'an (Chinese: 吉安; pinyin: Jí'ān) is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 25,219 km² and a population of 4,810,340 at 2010 census whom 460,194 live in the built up area made of 2 urban districts.[1] The local speech is a variety of Gan Chinese.

The former deputy governor of the central bank of the PR of China, Xiao Gang, is from here. This city is also the home of Jinggangshan University.

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Administration

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


County-level cities

Counties

  • Yongxin (永新)
  • Anfu (安福县)
  • Xingan (新干县)
  • Xiajiang (峡江县)
  • Yongfeng (永丰县)
  • Jishui (吉水县)
  • JiAn (吉安县)
  • Taihe (泰和县)
  • WanAn (万安县)
  • Suichuan (遂川县)

Geography

Ji'an has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) affected by the Asian monsoon, with long, humid, very hot summers and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps. Monthly daily averages range from 6.5 °C (43.7 °F) in January to 29.5 °C (85.1 °F) in July, with an annual average of 18.4 °C (65.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,520 millimetres (60 in).

Climate data for Ji'an, Jiangxi (1971—2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 10.2
(50.4)
11.8
(53.2)
16.0
(60.8)
22.5
(72.5)
27.3
(81.1)
30.7
(87.3)
34.3
(93.7)
33.7
(92.7)
29.8
(85.6)
24.7
(76.5)
18.7
(65.7)
13.4
(56.1)
22.8
Average low °C (°F) 3.8
(38.8)
5.5
(41.9)
9.3
(48.7)
15.3
(59.5)
19.8
(67.6)
23.3
(73.9)
25.6
(78.1)
25.2
(77.4)
21.7
(71.1)
16.5
(61.7)
10.5
(50.9)
5.2
(41.4)
15.1
Precipitation mm (inches) 73.4
(2.89)
103.2
(4.063)
169.0
(6.654)
224.4
(8.835)
214.6
(8.449)
234.0
(9.213)
116.3
(4.579)
134.5
(5.295)
79.6
(3.134)
74.2
(2.921)
55.0
(2.165)
40.7
(1.602)
1,518.9
(59.799)
humidity 81 82 84 83 81 81 74 76 77 76 76 75 78.8
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 13.7 15.0 18.9 19.2 18.3 16.0 10.8 11.9 9.0 9.4 8.3 8.3 158.8
Sunshine hours 76.4 67.9 71.4 96.2 131.1 153.6 247.8 226.9 165.4 145.8 129.9 128.1 1,640.5
Source: 中国气象局 国家气象信息中心

Notes

  1. ^ "Profile of Ji'an" (in Chinese). Official website of Ji'an City Government. http://www.jian.gov.cn/introduce/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

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