Gao'an, Jiangxi Province, China

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🇨🇳 Gao'an (高安) is a county-level city in the northwest-central part of Jiangxi province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Yichun, and is located about 35 km west from Nanchang, the provincial capital. It covers an area of 2,440 square km and has an estimated population of 1 million people. In 1993, it became a city comprising 20 smaller towns. It is well known for calligraphy and a thriving ceramics industry.

Gao'an County, founded in 201 B.C. was named Jiancheng (建成). Its administrative divisions today include Gao'an, Shanggao, Yifeng, Wangzai, and a part of Zhangshu.

In 4 A.D., Jiancheng County was changed into Duoju County, and then named Jiancheng again in 25 A.D. From 184 to 189, a part of Jiancheng was marked out to Shangcai County (now Shanggao County). In the late Eastern Han Dynasty (4 A.D.), under the "Three Kingdoms" situation, and Jiancheng County belonged to Sunwu power. From 22 to 228, respectively marked out a part of Jiancheng and Shangcai to be Yicheng County and Yangle County (now Wanzai County).

During Jin and Southern Dynasties, Jiancheng County still belonged to Yuzhang Shire. In 589, Sui Dynasty united the country, abolished Shangcai, merged Yangle, and then Yicheng belonged to Jiancheng again. At that time, Jiancheng County was changed into Hongzhou.

In 622, in order to avoid the name to be same with the Prince Li Jiancheng, the county was named as Gao'an. According to Taiping Huanyuji (《太平寰宇记》), "the terrain is high but flat, so name it Gao'an" (“地形似高而安,故名”). (Gao in Chinese means high, An in Chinese means flat.) In 624, Gao'an belonged to Yunzhou.

During five dynasties and ten states period, Gao'an belonged to Wu power at first, but was administrated by Nantang power later. In 981, marked out a part of Gao'an and Shanggao to be Xinchang County (now Yifeng County). In 1225, because the "Yun" in Yunzhou was the same pronunciation with the emperor Zhao Yun, and also at that time found a previous ganoderma lucidum in the mountain, which was regarded as a very auspicious sign, and then the name became Ruizhou (Juichow) ("Rui" in Chinese means auspicious sign). Therefore, Gao'an belonged to Ruizhou.

In 1932, the whole province was divided into 13 administrative regions, and Gao'an belonged to the first region. In 1935, there were 8 administrative regions, and Gao'an became one of the second region. In 1942, it adjusted to have 9 administrative regions, and Gao'an belonged to the first one again. On July 10, 1949, Gao'an got liberated. 4 days later, Gao'an government was established, and belonged to Nanchang, Jiangxi province. Later on, Gao'an belonged to Yichun.

On December 8, 1993, the state council approved Gao'an to be a prefecture-level city, and governed by Yichun.

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Administrative divisions In the present,Gao'an City has 2 subdistricts, 18 towns and 2 townships.

2 subdistricts • Ruizhou (瑞州街道) • Junyang (筠阳街道)

18 towns • Lanfang (蓝坊镇) • Heling (荷岭镇) • Huangshagang (黄沙岗镇) • Xinjie (新街镇) • Bajing (八景镇) • Ducheng (独城镇) • Taiyang (太阳镇) • Jianshan (建山镇) • Tiannan (田南镇) • Xiangcheng (相城镇) • Huibu (灰埠镇) • Shinao (石脑镇) • Longtan (龙潭镇) • Yangxu (杨圩镇) • Cunqian (村前镇) • Wuqiao (伍桥镇) • Xiangfu (祥符镇) • Dacheng (大城镇)

2 townships • Shanghu (上湖乡) • Wangjiaxu (汪家圩乡).

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Transport The city is served by Gao'an railway station on the Hangzhou–Changsha high-speed railway.

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Gao'an has a population of over 878,300 people. Gao'an also forms part of the wider Yichun Prefecture which has a population of over 5,419,575 people.

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Antipodal to Gao'an is: -64.639,-28.441

Locations Near: Gao'an 115.361,28.441

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🇨🇳 Nanchang 115.883,28.683 d: 57.7  

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🇨🇳 Fuzhou 116.358,27.949 d: 112  

🇨🇳 Yichun 114.417,27.816 d: 115.8  

🇨🇳 Lushan 116.045,29.448 d: 130.3  

🇨🇳 Jiujiang 115.954,29.661 d: 147.4  

🇨🇳 Ji'an 114.967,27.091 d: 155  

🇨🇳 Yingtan 117.039,28.272 d: 165.3  

🇨🇳 Qichun 115.437,30.226 d: 198.6  

Antipodal to: Gao'an -64.639,-28.441

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🇪🇸 La Rioja -66.855,-29.413 d: 19773.9  

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