Jiangxi [Province] - Jiangxi

Japanese: 江西[省] - こうせい

A province in China in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Its capital is Nanchang. It is bordered by the Yangtze River to the north, mountains to the east, south, and west, and the Kan River flows north through the center and enters Lake Hayang. It has a hot and rainy climate. Transportation is by water on the Yangtze River and Lake Hayang, and the Zhejiang-Nanxun Railway, and highways are relatively well developed. It produces rice (70% of the cultivated land, around Lake Hayang), cotton (northern), tea (northern), hemp, tobacco, etc., and is also rich in timber (southern). Tungsten ore is produced worldwide (southern), and coal (Pingxiang, etc.) and iron are also produced. Machinery, spinning, weaving, chemicals, and paper industries are still developing (Nanchang, Jiujiang, Kanzhou, etc.), and Jingdezhen's pottery is world famous. The province is also home to Jinggangshan and Ruijin, early revolutionary bases of the Communist Party of China. It has an area of 166,900 ^{km2 and} a population of 48.04 million (2014).

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Japanese:

中国，長江中流の省。簡称は【かん】。省都は南昌。北に長江を控え，東・南・西の三方は山に囲まれ，中央を【かん】江が北流して【は】陽湖(はようこ)に入る。気候は高温多雨。交通は長江・【は】陽湖の水運と浙【かん】(せっかん)・南潯(なんじん)鉄路によって行われ，公路も比較的発達している。水稲（耕地の70％を占め，【は】陽湖周辺）・綿花（北部）・茶（北部）・麻・タバコなどを産し，木材も豊富である（南部）。タングステン鉱の産出（南部）は世界的で，石炭（萍郷(ひょうきょう)など），鉄などの産出もある。機械・紡織・化学・製紙工業などが発展途上にあり（南昌，九江，【かん】州など），景徳鎮の窯業は世界的に有名。中国共産党の初期の革命根拠地井岡山や瑞金も本省にある。16万6900km²。4804万人（2014）。

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