Maotanchang, or Maotanchangzhen () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in the south of Jin'an District,

Lu'an Lu'an (), is a prefecture-level city in western Anhui province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. As of the 2020 census, it had a total population of 4,393,699 inhabitants whom 1,752,537 liv ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

. It is at the junction of Huoshan County,

Shucheng County Shucheng County () is a county in the west-central part of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the southeastern corner of the prefecture-level city of Lu'an and is its easternmost county-level division The administr ...

and Jin'an District. It has an area of 59.1 square kilometers. There are 18,000 people in Maotanchang.

Maotanchang Middle School Maotanchang High School of Anhui Lu An is a high school in Maotanchang Subdistrict Village, Maotanchang Town, Jin'an District, Lu'an, Anhui, China. It is known as the largest 'Factory of Gaokao' and is famous for its industrial model of educatio ...

is located in Maotanchang. Maotanchang is divided into the following: * Maotanchang Subdistrict Village * Bajiaotang Village * Jinyan Village * Qingshanyan Village * Lijiachong Village * Dongshisun Village * Dashanzhai Village

Middle school

The Maotanchang Middle School is prized by many parents across China, because of the exigence and work offered to students in preparation of China's national test, the

Gaokao The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), commonly known as the gaokao (), is a standardized college entrance exam held annually in mainland China. It is required for entrance into almost all higher education institutions at the und ...

. With approximately 80% of local students reaching the required grade in the examination, many families come in to prepare their children: it is estimated that at the end of August, 50,000 people move in the city, before departing as soon as the Gaokao ends. The school is the main economic force of the city, raising its annual income to 2.45 million

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. However, some students have criticized the physical punishments of some teachers or the pressure driving certain students to suicide.

References

{{reflist Towns in Anhui Jin'an District, Lu'an