Map of Poyang, China

Poyang is a city in Jiangxi, China, with a population of about 70,787. It lies at 28.9924°N, 116.6675°E. Poyang is about 1,214 km (754 mi) south of Beijing, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Jingdezhen, 62 km to the northeast.

Poyang at a glance

Where is Poyang?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 17 min on the shortest day to 14 h 00 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Poyang

• Jingdezhen — 62 km northeast
• Jinjiang — 70 km south
• Xiaogang — 85 km south
• Nanchang — 86 km southwest
• Gongqingcheng — 88 km west
• Dengbu — 88 km south
• Changleng — 89 km west
• Yingtan — 90 km south
• Guixi — 95 km southeast
• Pengze — 101 km north

Largest cities in Jiangxi

• Nanchang — 2,357,839
• Ganzhou — 1,977,253
• Jiujiang — 1,164,268
• Shangrao — 1,116,486
• Fuzhou — 1,089,888
• Yichun — 1,045,952
• Pingxiang — 893,550
• Xinyu — 839,488
• Ji’an — 538,699
• Jingdezhen — 473,561

Largest cities in China

• Shanghai — 24,874,500
• Beijing — 18,960,744
• Guangzhou — 18,676,605
• Shenzhen — 17,494,398
• Tianjin — 13,866,009
• Wuhan — 13,739,000
• Chengdu — 13,568,357
• Xi’an — 12,952,907
• Hangzhou — 11,936,010
• Dongguan — 9,644,871

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.