# Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 富川瑶族自治县; traditional Chinese: 富川瑤族自治縣; pinyin: Fùchuān Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn) 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 under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Fuyang Town.
| Name | Chinese character | Population (2015) | Area (Km2) |
| Baisha | 白沙镇 | 15,000 | 98.85 |
| Chengbei | 城北镇 | 21,125 | 120 |
| Chaodong | 朝东镇 | 33,850 | 217.42 |
| Fuli | 福利镇 | 21,000 | 90 |
| Fuyang | 富阳镇 | 76,000 | 205.2 |
| Gucheng | 古城镇 | 20,600 | 42.65 |
| Gepo | 葛坡镇 | 17,810 | 93.56 |
| Lianshan | 莲山镇 | 27,000 | 107.5 |
| Mailing | 麦岭镇 | 26,000 | 207 |
| Shijia Township | 石家乡 | 13,400 | 91.13 |
| Liujia Township | 柳家乡 | 17,000 | 109 |
| Xinhua Township | 新华乡 | 18,500 | 103.6 |

## Geography

Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County is located in the northeastern Guangxi, on the border with Hunan. It is surrounded by Jiangyong County on the north, Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County on the west, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County on the east, and Zhongshan County on the south. It has an area of approximately 1,572-square-kilometre (607 sq mi).
Most of the county is in the upper basin of the Fuchuan River (富川江), a tributary of the He River (Guangxi) (贺江, Hejiang). The Fuchuan is dammed near the southern border of the county. The dam forms the Guishi Reservoir (龟石水库; Gushi Shuiku; 'Turtle Stone Reservoir'), which is used to irrigate agricultural land not only in Fuchuan County itself, but also in Zhongshan County and Babu District 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 19.1 °C (66.4 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,700-millimetre (67 in), 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 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 21 July 1971, and the coldest was −4.1 °C (24.6 °F) on 31 January 1969.
Climate data for Fuchuan, elevation 193 m (633 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.9 (91.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 24.0 (75.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.0 (51.8) | 19.8 (67.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 16.6 (62.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.1 (3.43) | 80.5 (3.17) | 168.6 (6.64) | 204.3 (8.04) | 284.3 (11.19) | 323.4 (12.73) | 189.4 (7.46) | 158.0 (6.22) | 75.6 (2.98) | 64.1 (2.52) | 81.2 (3.20) | 61.2 (2.41) | 1,777.7 (69.99) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.5 | 14.0 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 168.2 |
| Average snowy days | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 65.0 | 53.2 | 51.7 | 75.7 | 108.8 | 122.9 | 195.4 | 190.4 | 158.3 | 148.0 | 123.1 | 110.5 | 1,403 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 19 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 47 | 48 | 43 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Languages

Languages of Fuchuan County include the following.
* Mien 勉话
* Chinese
** 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 (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.

## Transport

* Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway