Wuyuan County, Jiangxi

Wuyuan County (simplified Chinese: 婺源县; traditional Chinese: 婺源縣; pinyin: Wùyuán Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Zhejiang to the east and Anhui to the north. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Shangrao.

Wuyuan

婺源县
County
location in Jiangxi
Coordinates: 29°14′53″N 117°51′43″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityShangrao
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Wuyuan, on the boundary of three provinces in Jiangxi's northeastern corner, has a landscape dotted with strange caves, deep secluded rocks and numerous historic sites. Wuyuan County is home to some of the best-preserved ancient architecture in China. Wuyuan's structures were built in 740 during the Tang Dynasty, its remoteness and inconvenient transportation protecting its villages from too many visitors.

It was a county in Huizhou, Anhui province until 1989.

Demographics

The population of the district was 334,020 in 2010.[1]

Culture

The dialect of Wuyuan county is of the Hui dialects, and its culture closely resembles that of Huizhou in southern Anhui.

Economy
GDP of Wuyuan
year GDP
2001
 
 11.37
2002
 
 13.23
2003
 
 15.73
2004
 
 18.85
2005
 
 23.11
2006
 
 27.86
2007
 
 31.81
2008
 
 36.46
2009
 
 41.50
2010
 
 47.71
2011
 
 56.22
unit: 100 million yuan (RMB) [2]

The GDP of Wuyuan in 2011 is 5.622 billion yuan (RMB).

Transportation

Climate

Scenic Sites
  • Wuyuan Huangling Tourism Resort
Wuyuan Huangling Tourism Resort
  • Likeng, Tuochuan
  • Jiangling
  • Huangcun, Dazhangshan
  • Wangkou
  • Caihong Bridge, Qinghua Town
  • Likeng, Qiukou
  • Jiangwan
  • Longtian Pagoda

Notes and references
  1. 婺源县统计局. 婺源县第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. 上饶统计信息网.
  2. 婺源县建国60年主要经济数据
  3. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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