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Shaoxing County is located on the southern bank of Hangzhou Bay, north of the Kuaiji Mountain. It borders Shangyu Municipality on the east and Shengzhou Municipality and Zhuji Municipalities respectively on the southeast and southwest. The county’s west and northwestern neighbor is Xiaoshan Municipality. The north is the sea. Yuecheng District extends in the center of the county. Situated at 29°42'02" to 30°19'15" at north latitude and 120°46'39" in the east longitude, the county stretches 46.6 kilometers from west to east and 68.5 kilometers from north to south. The total length of the county boarder is 356.59 kilometers and the total area used to be 1,392 square kilometers before July 2000. In July 2000, five townships, namely, Dongpu, Jianhu, Gaobu, Mashan and Doumen, were cut off like a circle and went under the jurisdiction of Yuecheng District. This move reduced the county’s total area to 1,152.3 square kilometers.