| Longnan | |
| Other Name: | Lungnan |
| Type: | County-level city |
| Coordinates: | 25.9106°N 114.786°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jiangxi |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ganzhou |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 341700 |
Longnan is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.[1]
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Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi. By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries.[2] They are known locally as weiwu (Chinese: {{linktext|围|屋) or wei (Chinese: 围);[2]
Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.[3]