Shangrao County

Shangrao County (simplified Chinese: 上饶县; traditional Chinese: 上饒縣; pinyin: Shàngráo Xiàn) is a county of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Shangrao.

Demographics

The population of the district was 660,674 in 1999.

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Shangrao

Shangrao (simplified Chinese: 上饶; traditional Chinese: 上饒; pinyin: Shàngráo) is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the east, and Fujian to the south; the city's western reaches extend into Poyang Lake. According to the 2010 Census, Shangrao has a population of 6,579,714 inhabitants.

Shangrao itself is at the very western edge of the Wu-speaking areas, while most of its associated counties speak Gan.

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