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Jiangshan
江山市 Kiangshan | |
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 Xiakou | |
  Jiangshan Location in Zhejiang | |
| 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.
- ^ "Zhejiang." (Archive) China Daily.
- ^ "Asiana crash deaths ID'd as 2 Chinese teens." (Contributing: Sunny Yang; The Associated Press). USA Today. July 7, 2013. Retrieved on July 7, 2013. "Teacher Ye Lianjun told Chinese television that there were 34 people traveling in the Jiangshan Middle School group — five teachers and 29 students."