Ganzhu | |
Subdivision Name1: | Jiangxi |
Subdivision Name4: | Guangchang County |
Population Total: | 24,236 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Demographics2 Info1: | 100% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 2,700 |
Subdivision Name2: | Fuzhou |
Postal Code: | 344901 [1] |
Subdivision Type4: | County |
Demographics1 Title1: | Primary |
Demographics1 Title2: | Other or unemployed |
Area Total Km2: | 114 |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in China |
Area Code: | 0794 |
Demographics2 Title1: | Han |
Coordinates: | 26.9483°N 116.3714°W |
Pushpin Map: | China# Asia# Earth |
Native Name: | 甘竹镇 |
Demographics Type1: | Economic sectors of employment |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics1 Info1: | 21,536 |
Ganzhu is an industry-based[2] town lying on the Fu River in northern Guangchang County, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China. During the Song dynasty, it was called Lumaozhou (Chinese: 蘆毛洲). Ganzhu is adjacent in the east to Qianshan Township, in the south to Xujiang (a town), a recreation farm to its west and Nanfeng County to the north, which it borders. Ganzhuwei (Chinese: 甘竹圩), its town government, resides 13 kilometres away from the county seat. Also nicknamed the "first town of Xuyuan" (Chinese: 盱源首镇),[3] Ganzhu has at least 20 attractions, one of which is the world's largest lotus field. The town consists of 4,761 households[4] and governs one residential community and the following 12 villages:[5]