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Zhangshu city

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Zhangshu City is located in the middle of Jiangxi Province, the middle reaches of Ganjiang River and the southern edge of Poyang Lake Plain. Its geographical coordinates are:11506' 33 "-165438+0542' 23", and the north latitude is 27 49' 07 ".

South Street of Du Yao Municipal People's Government. Postal code: 33 1200. Administrative division code: 360982. Area code: 0795. At the end of 2003, the total population was 536,000.

Historically, it used to be the passage between China's Central Plains and Lingnan, and 1988 and 10 were new cities approved by the State Council on June 26th. Zhangshu City, once known as Qingjiang County in history, is one of the four ancient towns in Jiangxi. It is famous for its unique production, processing, processing and management of medicinal materials. Known as "medicine is less than camphor tree, medicine is less than camphor tree". It is the famous "Southern Medicine Capital" in China. The origin of the name of Zhangshu City is due to the legendary story of "Nie Gannu shooting deer" in ancient times, so it is also called "Lujiang". Along with Jingdezhen, the "porcelain capital", it is one of the 33 major industrial and commercial towns in China in the Ming Dynasty.

The development of history

From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it belonged to Wu, Yue and Chu successively. From Qin and Han Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties, it successively belonged to Xingan, Chengjian, Hanping, Yichun, Xinyu and Shiping counties. In August (938), the second year of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, some areas of Gao 'an and Xingan were placed in Tanxiao Town, Qingjiang County (Linjiang Town in Song Dynasty), Linjiang Army in Song Dynasty, Linjiang Road in Yuan Dynasty and Linjiang House in Ming Dynasty, which lasted until the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. During the Republic of China, Qinghe belonged to Luling Road, and soon directly belonged to the province, and successively belonged to the first and second administrative supervision areas of Jiangxi Province. 1930, the Soviet regime of Qingjiang county was established in Linjiang.

Qingjiang County People's Government was established in Zhangshu Town in June, 1949, and moved to Linjiang Town in July of the same year, then moved back to Zhangshu Town in March of the following year, under the jurisdiction of Nanchang Commissioner's Office, and changed to Yichun Commissioner's Office in June, 1959. 1987 65438+In February, Qingjiang County implemented the provincial plan. 19881June13rd, the State Council approved the revocation of Qingjiang county and the establishment of Zhangshu city, and12nd was officially listed in June.

Zhangshu City (Zhangshu City)

Located at 1 15.5 E, 28. 1 N, in the middle of Jiangxi Province, in the middle reaches of Ganjiang River. Qingjiang county was established in the second year of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. Yuan and Jiangxi rivers meet in the county, and the bottom of the river is clear, hence the name. When it reaches the confluence of Yuan and Jiangxi, it goes around the north of the city and is called Qingjiang River. 1988 changed to Zhangshu City, named Zhangshu Town (one of the four ancient towns in Jiangxi).