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Yingtan
Sign in to saveYingtan () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang has made it a strategically important city for centuries. Today, it continues to be a major rail transport hub. It is best known as the Capital of Copper, and located here is Jiangxi Copper and its the Guixi Smelter.
Key facts
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Yuehu District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Yu Xiuming
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3,554
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,124,906
- Settlement.name
- Yingtan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.native_name
- 鹰潭市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh-Hans
- Settlement.image_skyline
- YingTan.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Yingtan Prefecture within Jiangxi (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Yingtan City jurisdiction in Jiangxi
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- <!--
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jiangxi
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Jiangxi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 鹰潭市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Jiangxi
- Contains
- Guixi
- Population
- 1154223
- Area
- 3559.96
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.yingtan.gov.cn
- Image
- Yingtan 20170404 161117.jpg
- Dialing code
- 701
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- Commons category
- Yingtan
- postal code
- 335000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Yingtan
- topic's main category
- Category:Yingtan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Administration
- Tourism Zone
- Climate
- Notes and references
- External links
Yingtan () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang has made it a strategically important city for centuries. Today, it continues to be a major rail transport hub. It is best known as the Capital of Copper, and located here is Jiangxi Copper and its the Guixi Smelter.
Near the city of Yingtan is the resort area of Mount Longhu, which purports to be the birthplace of Taoism and hence, has great symbolic value to Taoists. The region has many interesting temples, cave complexes, mountains, and villages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yingtan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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