Fuyu () is a

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of western

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province,

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, under the administration of Qiqihar City. Various economic crops and the milk are produced in the fertile land. The county has an area of , and has a population of approximately 300,000 inhabitants, per a 2023 government publication.

Toponymy

Fuyu County is named after the nearby , which derives from a Jurchen word for waterlogged depression. The county's name been transcribed into Chinese in a number of different ways, such as Wuyur (), Huyur (), Huyur (), and Wuyur ().

History

The area of present-day Fuyu County was once inhabited by the Sushen. The area also once belonged to the kingdom of Buyeo, and later . The area would later be inhabited by the Heishui Mohe. The Liao dynasty then conquered the area, and placed it under , which was then administered by . Under the Jin dynasty, the area was administered as . Following the Jin dynasty, the area was ruled by the

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. Under the

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, which followed the Yuan, the area was administered as part of the Nurgan Regional Military Commission. During the

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, the area was administered as part of Qiqihar. In 1685, Qing settlers established a settlement in contemporary , known as Dalaiketun (). Towards the end of the Qing dynasty, the region was put under the administration of and . On March 19, 1929, the

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reorganized the area as Fuyu Administrative Bureau, an . On October 1, 1933, the

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established Fuyu County. Since then, the county has changed provinces numerous times, and has changed

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a number of times, until December 15, 1984, when it was placed under Qiqihar, which has remained since.

Administrative divisions

Fuyu County is divided into six towns, three townships, and one ethnic township. The county's six towns are , , , , , and . The county's three townships are , , and . The county's sole ethnic township is .

Geography

Fuyu County is located on the left bank of the middle reaches of the Nen River, to the north of Qiqihar's urban core, and the adjacent

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. Qiqihar's downtown is located to the southwest. Fuyu County is bordered by Yi'an County to the east, Gannan County to the west across Nen River, and the

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of Nehe to the north.

Topography

Fuyu County's elevation is higher in the northeast, and lower in the southwest, and the county has an average elevation of above sea level.

Fauna

Wild animals common in Fuyu County include

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, foxes, rabbits, red-crowned cranes,

storks Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout Beak, bills. They belong to the family (biology), family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, suc ...

, and the

scaly-sided merganser The scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (''Mergus squamatus'') is an endangered typical merganser (genus ''Mergus''). It lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast Siberia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south. Description Thi ...

. Common sea creatures in Fuyu County include Asian carp,

goldfish The goldfish (''Carassius auratus'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Goldfish released into the w ...

, and

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Climate

Fuyu has a cold,

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-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 cold ...

(

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''Dwa''), with four distinct seasons. It has long, bitterly cold, dry winters and very warm, rainy summers.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

The county is home to 17 different

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, Daur, Fuyu Kyrgyz,

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, Hui, Tibetan,

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, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi,

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, Xibe, Yao, Ewenki, Oroqen, and Uygur. The Han Chinese comprise 95.5% of the county's population. Much of the county's ethnic minorities live in villages clustered together, such as Manchus living in the village of Sanjiazi (; Romanized Manchu: Ilan Boo), Kyrgyz living in Wujiazi (), Daurs living in Dengke () and other villages, and Mongols living in Daxiaoquanzi ().

Manchu

Fuyu County is home to approximately 7,000 Manchu people, most of whom live in the villages of Damagang (), Xiaomagang (), and Dagaoliang (). The town of hosts an annual Manchu sports festival, which includes

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, a competition in the traditional Manchu sport of pearl ball (), and other events.

Daur

Fuyu County's government estimates that there are approximately 6,000 Daur people living in the county, and that the county's Daur population migrated to the area during the 1750s. Villages in Fuyu County with large amounts of Daur people include Dengke () Dongji (), Dahazhou (), Liangchufang (), Shiwuli (), Dongtaha (), Xiaogaoliang (), Xitaha (), Kumu (), Jiqibao () and Fufeng ().

Mongol

Fuyu County is home to over 2,000 Mongols, who are predominantly

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. The county's Mongol population is largely concentrated in the villages of Daquanzi (), Xiaoquanzi (), Chenjiazi (), Bajiazi (), and Sanjianfang ().

Fuyu Kyrgyz

The largely Fuyu Kyrgyz village of Wujiazi is the largest concentration of Kyrgyz people in China, outside of

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. Of the 653 people who live in the village, 219 (33.54%) are Kyrgyz. Fuyu County as a whole has 1,400 Kyrgyz people. The Fuyu Kyrgyz are separate from the other Kyrgyz ethnic group (see the Fuyu Kyrgyz language classification), but they are usually listed as Kyrgyz by the authorities.

Languages

Sanjiazi (; Romanized Manchu: Ilan Boo) in Fuyu County is one of the few villages whose elderly inhabitants are considered to being the last native speakers of

. The village's school offers courses in Manchu. The

Fuyu Kyrgyz language Fuyu Kyrgyz (''Fuyü Gïrgïs, Fu-Yu Kirgiz''), also known as Manchurian Kirghiz, is a critically endangered Turkic language, and as , ''Gïrgïs'', ''Kyrgysdar'' is an ethnonym of the Turkic unrecognized ethnic group in China. Despite the na ...

is spoken in Fuyu County. It is not a variety of Kyrgyz, but is closer to the Siberian modern Khakas and the ancient language of the

Yenisei Kyrgyz The Yenisei Kyrgyz () were an ancient Turkic people who dwelled along the upper Yenisei River in the southern portion of the Minusinsk Depression from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. The heart of their homeland was the forested T ...

Economy

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in Fuyu County is significant. Major crops grown within Fuyu County include

soybeans The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean. Soy is a staple crop, the world's most grown legume, and an important animal feed. Soy is a key source of f ...

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rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

sorghum ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...

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potatoes The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...

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, and various

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. Common livestock in Fuyu County include

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beef cattle Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk (production)). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf opera ...

pigs The pig (''Sus domesticus''), also called swine (: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus '' Sus''. Some authorities cons ...

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, and

poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, Eggs as food, eggs or feathers. The practice of animal husbandry, raising poultry is known as poultry farming. These birds are most typ ...

. Mineral resources in Fuyu County include

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gravel Gravel () is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally on Earth as a result of sedimentation, sedimentary and erosion, erosive geological processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gr ...

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

mineral water Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. It is usually still, but may be sparkling ( carbonated/ effervescent). Traditionally, mineral waters were used or consumed at t ...

quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The Atom, atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen Tetrahedral molecular geometry, tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tet ...

chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Ch ...

, and

agate Agate ( ) is a banded variety of chalcedony. Agate stones are characterized by alternating bands of different colored chalcedony and sometimes include macroscopic quartz. They are common in nature and can be found globally in a large number of d ...

Transportation

The Qiqihar–Bei'an railway and the Qiqihar–Jiagedaqi railway () both run through Fuyu County. Major roads servicing Fuyu County include the G11 Hegang–Dalian Expressway and Heilongjiang Provincial Road S302.

External links

Official website of Fuyu County Government

References

{{Authority control Districts of Qiqihar