Ganzhu
甘竹镇 | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 26°56′54″N 116°22′17″E / 26.94833°N 116.37139°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Jiangxi |
Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
County | Guangchang County |
Area | |
• Total | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 24,236 |
Economic sectors of employment | |
• Primary | 21,536 |
• Other or unemployed | 2,700 |
Ethnicity | |
• Han | 100% |
Postal code | 344901 [2] |
Area code | 0794 [2] |
Ganzhu (Chinese: 甘竹; pinyin: Gānzhú; lit. 'Sugarcane bamboo[1]') is an industry-based[3] town lying on the Fu River in northern Guangchang County, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China. During the Song dynasty, it was called Lumaozhou (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 (甘竹圩), its town government, resides 13 kilometres away from the county seat. Also nicknamed the "first town of Xuyuan" (盱源首镇),[1] 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 as of 2020[update] governs one residential community and the following 12 villages:[5]