Fuyuan, Heilongjiang

For other uses of "Fuyuan", see Fuyuan (disambiguation).
Fuyuan
抚远市
County-level city

An evening view of Fuyuan
Fuyuan

Location in Heilongjiang

Coordinates: 48°21′N 134°17′E / 48.350°N 134.283°E / 48.350; 134.283Coordinates: 48°21′N 134°17′E / 48.350°N 134.283°E / 48.350; 134.283
Country People's Republic of China
Province Heilongjiang
Prefecture-level city Jiamusi
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Fuyuan (simplified Chinese: 抚远市; traditional Chinese: 撫遠市; pinyin: Fǔyuǎn Shì) is an county-level city subdivision of the province of Heilongjiang, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiamusi.

Geography

Fuyuan is located in the lowlands between at the confluence of the Heilongjiang (Amur) River and Wusuli (Ussuri) Rivers. The city seat, Fuyuan Town, sits on the southern bank of the Amur. On the opposite side of the river is Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region.

Fuyuan is China's easternmost county. Its northern and eastern borders, running along the Heilongjiang (Amur) and Wusuli (Ussuri) Rivers, are also parts of China's international border with Russia. The Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island (Heixiazi Island), partitioned between the two countries by the treaty of 2004, is in the city's northeastern corner, the mid-island border line running about 25 km east of Fuyuan Town. Khabarovsk is about 50 km east of Fuyuan Town (65 km river distance[1]).

The city is a major grain producer.[1]

Demographics

Zhengyang Street, the main street of Fuyuan city center

The population of the city was 110,000 in 2010.[2]

Transportation

There is a railway station in Fuyuan, the railway having reached the city center only in 2011.[1] As of the late 2013, schedule systems list one passenger train a day serving Fuyuan; it comes from Harbin via Jiamusi, covering 973 km in 17.5 hours.[3]

Fuyuan has port facilities on the Amur River as well.[4]

Fuyuan Dongji Airport opened in 2014.

Sport

Fuyuan is one of the cities in which China Bandy Federation explores the potential for bandy development.

Notes and references

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  1. 1 2 3 Railway extended to China's easternmost county, bolstering Sino-Russia trade, 2011-12-06
  2. ↑ (English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  3. ↑ Train schedule for Fuyuan (Chinese)
  4. ↑ Heilongjiang Fuyuan Port
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