Fuyuan, Heilongjiang


Fuyuan is a county-level city 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 at the confluence of the Heilongjiang River and Wusuli 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-level division. Its northern and eastern borders, running along the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers, are also parts of China's international border with Russia. The Bolshoy Ussuriysky 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 east of Fuyuan Town.
Khabarovsk is about east of Fuyuan Town, by river.).
The city is a major grain producer.

Demographics

The population of the city was in 2010.

Transportation

There is a railway station in Fuyuan, the railway having reached the city center only in 2011.
As of late 2013, schedule systems list one passenger train a day serving Fuyuan; it comes from Harbin via Jiamusi, covering in 17.5 hours.
Fuyuan has port facilities on the Amur River as well.
Fuyuan Dongji Airport opened in 2014.

Sport

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