Yingtan City belongs to Jiangxi Province, Yingtan City
Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, prefecture-level city, "ripples swirling in which the eagle dances on" and get the name of the city, while enjoying the "Taoist capital", "Copper", "City of Creators" and other reputation. At the same time, it enjoys the reputation of "Taoist Capital", "Copper Capital", "City of Creators" and so on. Yingtan is located in the east north of Jiangxi Province, the middle and lower reaches of the Xinjiang River. Located in latitude 27 ° 35 ˊ ~ 28 ° 41 ˊ, longitude 116 ° 41 ˊ ~ 117 ° 30 ˊ, facing the Pearl River, the Yangtze River, Minnan three "delta", the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and the Hercynian Economic Zone in the central part of the largest and most recent * * * with the same hinterland, is the northeast of Gan to undertake the industrial transfer of the southeast coast of the first city. Is the mainland connected to the southeast coast of one of the important channel. Yingtan east of Yiyang County, Lead County, west of Dongxiang County, south of Jinxi County, Zixi County, north of Wannian County, Yogan County, the southeast corner of Fujian Province and the glossy county adjacent. The territory is about 81 kilometers long from north to south and 38 kilometers wide from east to west. It is 143 kilometers away from Nanchang, the provincial capital (railroad mileage). The city's total area of 3556.7 square kilometers, accounting for 2.15% of the total area of Jiangxi Province
Yingtan City is located in Yingxia line, Zhejiang-Gan, Anhui-Gan and Hukun line of the four main railroads across the convergence of the city, known as "the city of the train". Mr. Deng Xiaoping had stopped by three times and praised "Yingtan is a good mouth". Longhu Mountain, depicted in the opening chapter of Water Margin, is located in Yingtan City and is now a double-crown scenic spot of World Natural Heritage and World Geopark. Longhu Mountain scenic area is characterized by its Taoist ancestor, Danxia landforms and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States large cliff tomb complexes bead wall joint, unique in the world-class scenic spots.
In February 2017, the central city of Yingtan was selected as a key city for PPP innovation work in the field of national major municipal engineering.