Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi province, China, located in the north-central part of the province in the hinterland of the Poyang Lake plain, bounded by the Jiuling Mountains to the west and Poyang Lake to the east. The city holds a significant place in modern Chinese history as the site of the 1927 Nanchang Uprising, regarded as the founding action of the People's Liberation Army, an event commemorated annually as Army Day.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Nanchang (Wikipedia)
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As of the 2020 Chinese census, Nanchang had a population of 6,255,007, of which 5,382,162 lived in built-up (urbanized) area consisting of 6 urban districts plus Nanchang County largely being urbanized.
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7194
Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang
elevation_m = 37
Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang
coordinates = 28.683°N 115.858°E
History section, Imperial era paragraph, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang
In 201 BC, during the Han dynasty, the city was given the Chinese name Nanchang and became the administrative seat of Yuzhang Commandery
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- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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