Fushan County () is a

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Linfen Linfen is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of and according to the 2020 Census, a population of 3,976,4 ...

, in southern

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, China. The county spans an area of 940.6 square kilometers, and has a population of 127,831 as of 2010.

History

During the

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, the area of present-day Fushan County belonged to the Jin State. The area would later become part of the Wei during the

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. The area was part of the

Qin Dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first Dynasties in Chinese history, dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin (state), ...

, administered under in the

Hedong Commandery Hedong Commandery () was a historical region in the Qin and Han dynasties of ancient China. Hedong was located to the east of the Yellow River in Shanxi (around present-day Yuncheng). History Hedong Commandery was established by the Qin state ...

. Fushan County was first set up in 619 CE. In the

Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

, the area was part of , but would briefly be placed in during the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

. Upon the establishment of the

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, the area would be re-organized as part of the Pingyang Prefecture, which it would remain under throughout the Ming Dynasty as well as the

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. During the Republic of China, the area was part of . On September 13, 2009, county officials allegedly launched a raid against an unregistered church in the county, stating that the church was built illegally. According to the group

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, several worshipers were struck, and some of them were taken to hospital. The building was destroyed, and various people involved with the church were detained. A county executive officer said that, as the church was not licensed, one could not say that it was a "place of worship", but the issue was merely a matter of demolishing an illegal structure "without a land certificate or construction design. The construction department and the land department government had talked to them several times before it was pulled down." he denied any violence had taken place, and refused to give his name to reporters.Agence France-Presse, 2009 Sep 17

Geography

Fushan County is located in the south of

, bordering

Yaodu District Yaodu District () is a district of the city of Linfen, Shanxi Province, China. Yaodu spans 1,307 square kilometers in area, and has a population of 944,050 as of 2010. The district serves at the administrative center for Linfen. Geography The L ...

and

Xiangfen County Xiangfen County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It was established in February 1954 from the merger of the former Xiangling County () and Fencheng County (). The county falls under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level ...

to the west,

Yicheng County Yicheng County () is a county in the prefecture-level city of Linfen, in the south of Shanxi Province, China. The county spans an area of , and is home to 323,517 people as of 2019. Geography Yicheng County is located in southern Shanxi Province ...

to the south,

Anze County Anze County () is a county in the south of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,967 square kilometers, and has a population of 82,012 as of 2010. History The count ...

to the east,

Gu County Gu County or Guxian () is a county in the south of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,196 square kilometers, and has a population of 91,798 as of 2010. History ...

to the north, and

Qinshui County Qinshui County () is a county in the southeast of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Jincheng City, and is both its northernmost and westernmost county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consiste ...

to the southeast. The county varies in altitude from 650 meters in height to 1,511.8 meters in height.

Climate

The annual average temperature in Fushan County is 11.2 °C, the annual average frost-free period is 191 days, the annual average precipitation is 534.2 millimeters, and the average amount of sunshine per year totals 2,298.8 hours.

Administrative divisions

Fushan County has two

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and seven

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. The county's two towns are , which serves as the county's seat of government, and . The county's seven townships are , , , , , , and .

Economy

Fushan County has a number of significant mineral deposits, including

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in f ...

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

baryte Baryte, barite or barytes ( or ) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate ( Ba S O4). Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium. The ''baryte group'' consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), ...

, and

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

. The county's iron ore reserves total 120 million tons, accounting for 60% of the total reserves of

. The proven reserves of coal total 7.6 billion tons, the proven reserves of gold total 0.76 million tons, the proven reserves of

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

total 19.47 million tons, the proven reserves of baryte total 630,000 tons, and the proven reserves of

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clay total 839,000 tons.

Transportation

Rail

The Linfen Central-South railway, the Houma–Yueshan railway, and the Datong–Puzhou railway all pass through Fushan County.

Road

National Highway 208, National Highway 309, and the section of the

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all pass through Fushan County.

Notes and references

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