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]
Jiangshan
江山市 Kiangshan | |
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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) |
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.
It has 3 Subdistricts, 11 Towns, 5 Townships,[3] 13 residential communities, and 292 administrative villages:
Climate data for Jiangshan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
34.1 (93.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.3 (99.1) |
41.2 (106.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
41.2 (106.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
17.8 (64.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
14.3 (57.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.3 (3.52) |
105.6 (4.16) |
195.1 (7.68) |
219.5 (8.64) |
230.8 (9.09) |
362.0 (14.25) |
160.4 (6.31) |
131.9 (5.19) |
72.6 (2.86) |
51.7 (2.04) |
92.6 (3.65) |
71.7 (2.82) |
1,783.2 (70.21) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.6 | 13.4 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 157 |
Average snowy days | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 77 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 85.4 | 89.2 | 101.4 | 121.6 | 142.6 | 124.5 | 223.0 | 210.4 | 175.1 | 160.0 | 123.0 | 112.6 | 1,668.8 |
Percent possible sunshine | 26 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 37 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |
Among the handful of schools in Jiangshan is Jiangshan Experimental Primary School, which is part of Zhejiang University's Global TEFL network. The program sends native English-speakers to their network schools to teach English for periods of 2–4 weeks.[6] Aside from these teachers, Jiangshan sees few Westerners because of its relative geographical obscurity. Jiangshan High School is also in Jiangshan.[2]
The area is served by Jiangshan railway station.