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Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 富川瑶族自治县; traditional Chinese: 富川瑤族自治縣; pinyin: Fùchuān Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county of northeastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hezhou City.

Fuchuan County 富川县 Fuconh Yen Fuchwan
Autonomous county
富川瑶族自治县 Fuconh Yauzcuz Swciyen Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County
Fuchuan Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 24°50′N 111°16′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Hezhou
Township-level divisions	9 towns 3 townships
County seat	Fuyang
Area
• Total	1,572 km2 (607 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	390,000
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)

Administrative divisions

As of January 2016, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County has nine towns and three townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Fuyang Town.

Name	Chinese character	Population (2015)	Area (Km2)	Notes
Baisha	白沙镇	15,000	98.85
Chengbei	城北镇	21,125	120
Chaodong	朝东镇	33,850	217.42
Fuli	福利镇	21,000	90
Fuyang	富阳镇	76,000	205.2
Gucheng	古城镇	20,600	42.65
Gepo	葛坡镇	17,810	93.56
Lianshan	莲山镇	27,000	107.5
Mailing	麦岭镇	26,000	207
Shijia Township	石家乡	13,400	91.13
Liujia Township	柳家乡	17,000	109
Xinhua Township	新华乡	18,500	103.6

Geography

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County is located in the northeastern Guangxi, on the border with Hunan. It is surrounded by Jiangyong County on the north, Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County on the west, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County on the east, and Zhongshan County on the south. It has an area of approximately 1,572-square-kilometre (607 sq mi).

Most of the county is in the upper basin of the Fuchuan River (富川江), a tributary of the He River (Guangxi) (贺江, Hejiang). The Fuchuan is dammed near the southern border of the county. The dam forms the Guishi Reservoir (龟石水库; Gushi Shuiku; 'Turtle Stone Reservoir'), which is used to irrigate agricultural land not only in Fuchuan County itself, but also in Zhongshan County and Babu District to the south.

Mountains

The main mountains in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County are Mount Xiling, Mount Gupo, Mount Tiantang, and Huangsha Ridge.[1]

Rivers and streams

There are over twenty rivers and streams in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County. Among them, the main rivers are the Fuchuan River, Baisha River and Xiushui River (Guangxi).[2]

Climate

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,700-millimetre (67 in), a frost-free period of 318 days and annual average sunshine hours in 1973.6 hours.[3] The highest temperature ever recorded in the county was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 21 July 1971, and the coldest was −4.1 °C (24.6 °F) on 31 January 1969.[3]

Languages

Languages of Fuchuan County include the following.[4]

• Mien 勉话
• Chinese
  • Fuyang 富阳话
  • Minjia 民家话
  • Qidu 七都话
  • Badu 八都话
  • Jiudu 九都话
  • Wuzhou 梧州话
  • Hakka 客家话
  • Baoqing 保庆话

Culture

The lusheng (mouth reed organ) is played by the Lowland Yao people (Pingdi Yao 平地瑶) of Dajing Village 大井村 and Humaling Village 虎马岭村 of Xinhua Township (新华乡), Fuchuan County.[5]

Transport

• Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway

References

Bibliography

• Xia Zhenlin, ed. (2007). 《富川瑶族自治县概况》 [General Situation of Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-105-08613-9.

На других языках

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- [en] Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County

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[ru] Фучуань-Яоский автономный уезд

Фучуа́нь-Я́оский автоно́мный уе́зд (кит. упр. 富川瑶族自治县, пиньинь Fùchuān Yáozú zìzhìxiàn) — автономный уезд городского округа Хэчжоу Гуанси-Чжуанского автономного района (КНР).

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