Nanchang, also Nan-ch'ang, city, eastern China, capital of Jiangxi Province. It is a regional transportation and industrial center situated near Poyang Lake in the delta of the Gan River. Manufactures include cotton textiles, motor-vehicle equipment, agricultural machinery, processed food, chemicals, and rubber goods. Known in the past as Hung-chou, Nanchang is an old walled city dating to at least the 2nd century BC. It was an important point on water routes linking northern and southern China in premodern times. For a short period in 1927 Communist troops established the first Soviet republic in China here. The city was developed as an industrial center after 1949. Population (1991) 1,585,901.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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