Guangchang County | |
Other Name: | Kwangchang |
Postal Code: | 344900 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Jiangxi |
Pushpin Label: | Guangchang |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Jiangxi--> |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Jiangxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Fuzhou |
Area Total Km2: | 1612 |
Population: | 250,000 |
Population As Of: | (2018) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Guangchang County lies in the municipal region of Fuzhou (抚州), Jiangxi. It is the southernmost and most remote of Fuzhou's ten counties, being bordered by counties in Ganzhou to the south and west and, to the east and over the watershed and provincial border, by Jianning and Ninghua Counties, Sanming, Fujian. It is the source of the second largest river in Jiangxi: Fuhe (抚河). This county built in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing eight years (1138, Shaoxing is an era name of Gaozong), because the rich white lotus, known as "the hometown of Chinese White Lotus." County has width of 45km (28miles) from west to east, 55km (34miles) long from north to south. The total area is 1612km2, with a population of 240,000 in 2003.[1]
In the present, Guangchang County has 5 towns and 6 townships.[2]
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