Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County () is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...

of northeastern

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, China. It is under the administration of

Hezhou Hezhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Hezhou is located in northeastern Guangxi. It borders Hunan to the north and Guangdong to the east. ...

City.

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.

Geography

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County is located in the northeastern Guangxi, on the border with

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. It is surrounded by

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on the north,

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on the west,

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on the east, and

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on the south. It has an area of approximately . Most of the county is in the upper basin of the

Fuchuan River Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county of northeastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hezhou City. Administrative divisions As of January 2016, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County has nine towns and three townships ...

(), a tributary of the

He River (Guangxi) The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan H ...

(, Hejiang). The Fuchuan is dammed near the southern border of the county. The dam forms the Guishi Reservoir (), which is used to irrigate agricultural land not only in Fuchuan County itself, but also in

and

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to the south.

Mountains

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

Rivers and streams

There are over twenty rivers and streams in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County. Among them, the main rivers are the

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and

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Climate

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , a frost-free period of 318 days and annual average sunshine hours in 1973.6 hours. The highest temperature ever recorded in the county was on 21 July 1971, and the coldest was on 31 January 1969.

Languages

Languages of Fuchuan County include the following. *

Mien The Yao people (its majority branch is also known as Mien; ; vi, người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China and Vietnam. They are one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities in China and reside in t ...

勉话 *

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

**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 The ''lusheng'' (, ; Vietnamese: ''Khèn Mông''; also spelled ''lu sheng''; spelled ''ghengx'' in standard Hmong and ''qeej'' in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument. It has a long history of 3000 years in China, traced back to the T ...

'' (mouth reed organ) is played by the Lowland

Yao people The Yao people (its majority branch is also known as Mien; ; vi, người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China and Vietnam. They are one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities in China and reside in ...

(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.陈东云. 2016
论富川平地瑶芦笙长鼓舞的舞蹈特征
《北方音乐》 2016年第2期9-9,共1页.

Transport

* Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway

References

Bibliography

* Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County County-level divisions of Guangxi Yao autonomous counties Administrative divisions of Hezhou {{Guangxi-geo-stub