Fuyuan, Heilongjiang Explained

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.

Geography

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.

Administrative divisions

Fuyuan City is divided into 5 towns and 5 townships.[1]

5 towns
5 townships

Demographics

The population of the city was in 2010.[2]

Climate

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.

Transportation

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.

Sport

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/

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 国家统计局 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.
  2. National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113220217/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/06/c_131291444.htm Railway extended to China's easternmost county, bolstering Sino-Russia trade
  4. http://qq.ip138.com/train/heilongjiang/fuyuan.htm Train schedule for Fuyuan
  5. Web site: Heilongjiang Fuyuan Port . 2013-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105721/http://www.51066.net/sight.asp?productno=13862 . 2013-12-24 . dead .