Jiangshan
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Jiangshan is a county-level city
located in Quzhou
prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China
. Located about 250 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou
, the provincial capital, it is the only county-level city in the prefecture. As of 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.
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. Aside from these teachers, Jiangshan sees few Westerners because of its relative geographical obscurity.
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
located in Quzhou
Quzhou
Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Zhejiang province, China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Hangzhou to the north, Jinhua to the east, Lishui to the southeast, and the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui to the south the south, southwest and...
prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China
China
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. Located about 250 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, the provincial capital, it is the only county-level city in the prefecture. As of 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.
Among the handful of schools in Jiangshan is Jiangshan Experimental Primary School, which is part of Zhejiang University's
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...
Global TEFL network. The program sends native English speakers to their network schools to teach English for periods of 2-4 weeks. Aside from these teachers, Jiangshan sees few Westerners because of its relative geographical obscurity.