Fuyuan | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Settlement Type: | County-level city |
Pushpin Map: | China Heilongjiang#China |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Heilongjiang |
Coordinates: | 48.3647°N 134.3079°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Jiamusi |
Subdivision Type3: | Township-level divisions |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6,260 |
Population Total: | 126694 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | China Standard |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Fuyuan (;) is a county-level city of the province of Heilongjiang, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiamusi.
Fuyuan is located in the lowlands at the confluence of the Heilongjiang (Amur) River and Wusuli (Ussuri) Rivers. The city seat, Fuyuan Town, sits on the southern bank of the Amur. On the opposite side of the river is Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region.
Fuyuan is China's easternmost county-level division. Its northern and eastern borders, running along the Heilongjiang (Amur) and Wusuli (Ussuri) Rivers, are also parts of China's international border with Russia. The Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island (Heixiazi Island), partitioned between the two countries by the treaty of 2004, is in the city's northeastern corner, the mid-island border line running about 25km (16miles) east of Fuyuan Town.Khabarovsk is about 50km (30miles) east of Fuyuan Town 65km (40miles), by river.
The city is a major grain producer.
Fuyuan City is divided into 5 towns and 5 townships.[1]
The population of the city was in 2010.[2]
Fuyuan has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dwa) bordering on Dwb, with long, cold winters, but also dry, although less extreme than more inland locations of Heilongjiang.
There is a railway station in Fuyuan, the railway having reached the city center only in 2011.[3] As of late 2013, schedule systems list one passenger train a day serving Fuyuan; it comes from Harbin via Jiamusi, covering 973km (605miles) in 17.5 hours.[4]
Fuyuan has port facilities on the Amur River as well.[5]
Fuyuan Dongji Airport opened in 2014.
Fuyuan is one of the cities in which China Bandy Federation explores the potential for bandy development.https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225611/http://www.chinabandy.org/