Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County () is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are Counties of China, county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not ...

of northeastern

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

, 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

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

. It is surrounded by

Jiangyong County Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...

on the north, Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County on the west,

Jianghua Yao Autonomous County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

on the east, and

Zhongshan County Zhongshan County (; ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of ...

on the south. It has an area of approximately . Most of the county is in the upper basin of the Fuchuan River (), a tributary of the He River (Guangxi) (, 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

Babu District Babu () is a district of the city of Hezhou, Guangxi, China. Administrative divisions Babu District is divided into 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 1 ethnic township: * Babu Subdistrict (八步街道) * Chengdong Subdistrict (城东街道) * Jiangna ...

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 Fuchuan River, Baisha River and Xiushui River (Guangxi).

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 () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They s ...

勉话 *

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

**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 The Yao people () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They s ...

(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