Jiangshan
Jiangshan
江山市 Kiangshan | |
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Xiakou | |
Location of Jiangshan City within Quzhou | |
| 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 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,019.03 km2 (779.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 494,412 |
| 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.
USA Today described Jiangshan as a "fairly prosperous city in one of China's most developed provinces".
The Jiangshanian Age of the Cambrian Period of geological time is named for Jiangshan.