Jiangshan
江山市 Kiangshan | |
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Coordinates: 28°44′10″N 118°37′30″E / 28.73611°N 118.62500°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Zhejiang |
Prefecture-level city | Quzhou |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Jiangshan (Chinese: 江山; pinyin: Jiāngshān) is a county-level city located in Quzhou prefecture-level city, in the southwest of Zhejiang Province, China, bordering Jiangxi province to the west. Located about 250 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou, the provincial capital, it is the only county-level city in Quzhou. In 1999, Jiangshan's population stood at 563,196. The city is named aptly: Jiang means river and Shan means mountain; a river runs through the city and scenic Mt. Jianglang sits on its border.[1]
USA Today described Jiangshan as a "fairly prosperous city in one of China's most developed provinces".[2]
The Jiangshanian Age of the Cambrian Period of geological time is named for Jiangshan.
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