Shangrao, also known as Xinzhou or Raozhou, is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, bordering Zhejiang to the east; Southern support for Fujian; Located north of Anhui, Shangrao is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province. As of June 2020, Shangrao City has 3 districts, 8 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, the city's permanent population was 6.4353 million people. As of October 2023, the total area of the city is 22791 square kilometers. Shangrao is a national forest city, a provincial sub center city, a high-speed rail hub city at the junction of Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Anhui provinces, an ecological livable demonstration city, and a bridgehead for Jiangxi to integrate into the Yangtze River Delta and connect with the West Coast.
The terrain of the city is mainly hilly, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the north, southeast, and west of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. The main rivers flow into Poyang Lake from east to west. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, with mountains concentrated in the northeast and southeast, and mostly running in a northeast southwest direction. The city is rich in mineral resources and is located in a polymetallic mineralization area adjacent to Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces. The geological conditions for mineralization are superior, and the mineral resources are very abundant. 79 types of minerals such as cash, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and coal have been issued, and 48 types of resource reserves have been identified. The temperature of the whole city is relatively high, the precipitation is relatively low, the sunshine is relatively low, and the disastrous weather occurs frequently. The whole year is mainly affected by fog, thunderstorm, gale, rainstorm, high temperature, typhoon and other disastrous weather. 6. The total regional GDP of the city in 2022 was 330.97 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1% over the previous year.
As of the end of 2022, there were a total of 6168 medical and health institutions (including village clinics) in the city, with 40032 health technicians and 8311 beds in township health centers. In 2022, the city won a total of 103 scientific and technological achievements at or above the provincial and ministerial level, as well as 3 provincial science and technology awards, including 3 scientific and technological progress awards. 5998 patents were granted throughout the year.
Shangrao was originally a fiefdom of the Zhou Dynasty and belonged to the eastern region of Chu. At the beginning of Jian'an, Shangrao County was established; In 1952, the two special districts of Shangrao and Fuliang were merged to form the Shangrao Special District; In 1971, it was renamed as Shangrao Region; In 2000, the Shangrao area was abolished and replaced by Shangrao City
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