Shangrao is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. The city borders the province of Anhui to the north, the province of Zhejiang to the east, and the province of Fujian to the south. Also, the city's western reaches extend into Poyang Lake. Shangrao had a population of 6,579,747 as of 2010 census whom 1,116,486 lived in the built up area made of Xinzhou and Guangxing districts. Shangrao itself is at the very western edge of the Wu-speaking areas, while most of its associated counties speak Gan.