Jiujiang

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Country	China
Jiujiang (九江)

Province	Jiangxi
Population
- City	500,000
Website: http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/English/

Jiujiang (Chinese: 九江; pinyin: Jiǔjiāng) is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in northwest Jiangxi Province, China.

The city suffered only slight damage in the 2005 Ruichang earthquake, but there were several deaths reported in outlying areas.

1 Demography
2 Industry
3 Colleges and universities
4 Sister cities
5 Tourism
6 Administrative divisions
7 External links

[edit] Demography

The city administers a total population of approximately 4,500,000, of whom approximately 500,000 are urban. The population density is 235 per km². Han people make up 99.8% of the population, but registered residents include representatives of 25 minority nationalities, including six with a local population of more than 100: Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Tujia, and She.

Unlike the Gan dialects typical of Jiangxi, the local speech of Jiujiang is a variety of Mandarin.

[edit] Industry

Primary industries include

Petrochemical refinement
Agricultural chemical production
Import/export (through river port)

[edit] Colleges and universities

Jiujiang Financial and Economic College

[edit] Sister cities

Jiujiang is twinned with:

Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Kajaani, Finland (since 2006)

[edit] Tourism

The mountain range to the South of Jiujiang

Picturesque Mount Lushan, located in the south of the urban center, is listed as a world heritage site.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Wuning County
Jiujiang County
Xiushui County
Yongxiu County
Dean County
Xingzi County
Duchang County
Hukou County
Pengze County

Districts: Xunyang, Lushan
Bureau: Lushan Cultural Sites Administrative Bureau
Development regions: Jiujiang Open Development Region, Gongqing Open Development Region

There are 235 towns and 11 sub-district offices.