Taihe County (simplified Chinese: 泰和县; traditional Chinese: 泰和縣; pinyin: Tàihé Xiàn) is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, 37 kilometres (23 mi) to the north-northeast.

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Taihe County 泰和县 Taiho
County
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Ji'an
Area
• Total	2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (188 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	512,225
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0796
GDP (RMB)	4.692 billion
Website	http://www.jxth.gov.cn/

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Its area is almost the size of that of Rhode Island.^[1]

์Nowadays, Taihe County consists of 16 towns and 6 townships.^[2]

16 towns

6 townships

The population of the district was 505,795 in 1999.^{[3] [4]}

According to recent archaeological discoveries, the history of Taihe County may date back to the western Zhou dynasty. Readers of English who are interested in this county should read John W. Dardess, A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). The book was preceded by a number of articles about the county, including John W Dardess, "A Ming Landscape: Settlement, Land Use, Labor, and Estheticism in T'ai-ho County, Jiangxi," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 49.1 (1989): 295-364.

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Its famous landmark is K'uai-ko Pavilion, which Huang Tingjian wrote about.^[1]

One of the most famous local products of Taihe County is Gallus domesticus, called "Taihe Wuji" in Chinese.