Nankang District, which belongs to Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province and belongs to the former Central Soviet District, is located in the south of Jiangxi Province and the west of Ganzhou City. It is called "Nanye" in ancient times and is named "South Ferocious" in the Qin and Han Dynasties. During The Three Kingdoms, Nan 'an County was named because "the ground borders the South of the Ridges, and the habitat and compound of the people". According to the seventh census, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Nankang District was 888,474.

Nankang District is a subtropical monsoon humid climate, located in the Nanling mountain system Luoxiao Mountains and Dayu Mountains branch. It is adjacent to Zhanggong District and Ganxian County in the east, Xinfeng County and Dayu County in the south, Shanghu County and Chongyi County in the west, and Suichuan County and Wan 'an County in the north, which together with Zhanggong District, Ganxian County, Ganzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone and Rongjiang New District constitute Ganzhou downtown area. It covers an area of 1722 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 2 subdistricts, 6 towns and 12 townships.

In Nankang, there are 1 inland port (Ganzhou Port), 1 airport (Ganzhou Golden Airport), 4 railways (Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Ganzhou-Shaoxing Railway, Chang-Jiangxi High-speed Railway, Ganzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway), 3 national highways (105 national Highway, 323 National Highway, 357 National highway), and 4 expressways (Dagang-Guangzhou Expressway, Xiaman-Grong Expressway, Gan-shao Expressway and Ganzhou City Ring Expressway).
Nankang District lives more than 20 ethnic groups, such as Han and She. Chitu She Township has the largest ethnic minority population in the province. Nankang District has formed leading industries such as furniture, minerals, clothing and electronics. It is the hometown of sweet pomelo in China and the capital of solid wood home furnishment in China.

Nankang District is a provincial civilized city and a provincial garden city. Nankang District is Jiangxi Province financial reform experimental zone; In 2016, the e-commerce transaction volume of Nankang District exceeded 10 billion yuan and reached 11.8 billion yuan, which was awarded the title of "National E-commerce Demonstration Base" by the Ministry of Commerce. In 2021, Nankang District achieved a gross regional product (GDP) of 41 billion yuan, a net increase of 5.5 billion yuan.