Fuyu (), formerly Fuyu County, is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

in northwestern

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the

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, and is Songyuan's easternmost

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...

. It has a land area of , and a population of 750,000. It lies east-southeast of Songyuan and northeast of Changchun, the provincial capital. The county seat is located in the town of Sanchahe (). The city name comes from

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(Fuyu), an ancient kingdom located in parts of Northeast China.

Administrative divisions

Fuyu is divided into nine towns and 17 townships.松原市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org
/ref> Towns: * Sanchahe (), Wujiadian (), Sanjingzi (), Caijiagou (), Gongpengzi (), Zengsheng (), Changchunling (), Taolaizhao (), Xinwanfa () Townships: * Sanyi Township (), Yongping Township (), Xiaojia Township (), Erlongshan Township (), Shiqiao Township (), Yijiadian Township (), Xujiadian Township (), Gengxin Township (), Dalinzi Township (),

Xinzhan Township Xinzhan may refer to: * Xinzhan, Jiaohe, a town in Jiaohe, Jilin, China * Xinzhan, Heilongjiang, a town in Zhaoyuan, Heilongjiang, China * Xinzhan, Henan, a town in Huaiyang County, Henan, China * Xinzhan, Guizhou, a town in Tongzi County, Guizhou, ...

(), Simajia Township (), Sheli Township (), Xinchengju Township (), Dasanjiazi Township (), Yushugou Township (),

Qijiazi Township Qijiazi Township () is a township in Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County, Fuxin, Liaoning, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populat ...

(), Lalin Township ()

Climate

Fuyu has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

-influenced,

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''Dwa''), with long (lasting from November to March), very cold, windy, but dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The coldest month, January, averages , while the warmest month, July, averages ; the annual mean is . Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation falls from June to August alone.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Jilin {{Jilin-geo-stub