Ganzhou , formerly romanized as
Kanchow, is a
prefecture-level city in southern
Jiangxi,
China, bordering
Fujian to the east,
Guangdong to the south, and
Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at
Zhanggong District. Its population was 8,361,447 at the 2010 census whom 1,977,253 in the built-up (or "metro") area made of Zhanggong and Nankan urban Districts and Gan County largely being urbanized.