Jiangnanxidao was a southern province of Tang Empire. It corresponds to part of present-day Jiangxi

Jiangxi

' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

, Hubei

Hubei

' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...

, Hunan

Hunan

' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

, Anhui

Anhui

Anhui is a province in the People's Republic of China. Located in eastern China across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, it borders Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a tiny...

. Jiangnanxidao is the origin where the name "Jiangxi" derives from, and its administrative territories also roughly represent nowadays Gan-speaking areas in China.

Jiangnanxidao was split from Jiangnandao in 733 with its capital located in "Hongzhou" (洪州, Gan: Fungjiu) which is the current Nanchang

Nanchang

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located in the north-central portion of the province. As it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake, it is famous for its scenery, rich history and cultural sites...

. And Jiangnanxidao was divided into nineteen prefectures, namely:

• Xuanzhou, 宣州
• Shezhou, 歙州
• Chizhou, 池州
• Hongzhou, 洪州
• Jiangzhou, 江州
• Ezhou, 鄂州
• Yuezhou, 岳州
• Raozhou, 饒州
• Qianzhou, 虔州
• Jizhou, 吉州
• Yuanzhou, 袁州
• Xinzhou, 信州
• Fuzhou, 撫州
• Tanzhou, 潭州
• Hengzhou, 衡州
• Yongzhou, 永州
• daozhou, 道州
• Binzhou, 郴州
• Shaozhou, 邵州