Nanchang (UK: /nænˈtʃæŋ/, US: /nɑːnˈtʃɒŋ/;[3] Chinese: 南昌; pinyin: Nánchāng) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China.[4] As of November 2017, the total population in Nanchang City was 5,246,600, while the built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts plus Nanchang county is home to more than 4,300,000 inhabitants. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strategic location connecting the prosperous East and South China, it has become a major railway hub in Southern China in recent decades.