Poyang County

Poyang
鄱阳县
Coordinates: 29°00′21″N 116°42′13″E / 29.0058°N 116.7036°E / 29.0058; 116.7036
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityShangrao
Area
 • Total4,215 km2 (1,627 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
1,600,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
333100
Poyang County
Traditional Chinese鄱陽
Simplified Chinese鄱阳
Literal meaningSunny Po
Northern Po
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPóyáng
Wade–GilesP‘o-yang
Former names
Poyang
Traditional Chinese番陽
Simplified Chinese番阳
Literal meaningSunny Po
Northern Po
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPóyáng
Wade–GilesP‘o-yang
Po
Chinese
Literal meaningphonetic
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–GilesP‘o
Boyang
Traditional Chinese波陽
Simplified Chinese波阳
Literal meaningSunny Waves
Northern Waves
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBóyáng
Wade–GilesPo-yang

Poyang County is a county under the administration of Shangrao city in the northeast of Jiangxi Province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui Province to the north. It is located on the eastern side of Lake Poyang.


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