Fushan County () is a

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Linfen Linfen () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. Linfen City is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, with the remaining branches of T ...

, in southern

Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...

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

History

During the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...

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

Warring States period The Warring States period in history of China, Chinese history (221 BC) comprises the final two and a half centuries of the Zhou dynasty (256 BC), which were characterized by frequent warfare, bureaucratic and military reforms, and ...

. The area was part of the

Qin dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...

, 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 d ...

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

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

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

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

. Upon the establishment of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

, 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 ChinaAid, 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 People's Republic of China, district of the city of Linfen, Shanxi, 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 a ...

and

Xiangfen County Xiangfen County () is a Counties of China, county in the southwest of Shanxi, 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 jurisdict ...

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 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 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; it has symbol Fe () 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, forming much of Earth's o ...

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 Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal i ...

gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

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. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...

. 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 is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

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

refractory In materials science, a refractory (or refractory material) is a material that is resistant to decomposition by heat or chemical attack and that retains its strength and rigidity at high temperatures. They are inorganic, non-metallic compound ...

clay total 839,000 tons.

Transportation

Rail

The Linfen Central-South railway, the Houma–Yueshan railway, and the

Datong–Puzhou railway The Datong–Puzhou or Tongpu railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in northern China, and the main axial railway of Shanxi Province. The railway is located entirely within Shanxi and diagonally bisects the province from Datong in the northea ...

all pass through Fushan County.

Road

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

G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway The Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway (), designated as G22 and commonly referred to as the Qinglan Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Qingdao, Shandong, China, and Lanzhou, Gansu. It is in length. This expressway is someti ...

all pass through Fushan County.

Notes and references

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