Fukang

 ( County-level Divisions Of Xinjiang ) 

Fukang is a county-level city in Xinjiang, China. Its area is and its population in 2007 was reported as approximately 1.5 million. Fukang is located in Northern Xinjiang in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, north of Ürümqi.

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History As early as the Han dynasty and Tang dynasty, Fukang was an important stopover on the ancient Silk Road. The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty established it as a county in 1776. Its status was changed to a city in November 1992.

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Subdivisions Fukang is made up of 3 subdistricts, 4 towns, 1 township, and 2 ethnic townships.

Subdistricts
Bofeng Subdistrict	博峰街道		بوفېڭ كوچا باشقارمىسى		652302001
Fuxin Subdistrict	阜新街道		فۇشىن كوچا باشقارمىسى		652302002
Zhundong Subdistrict (Eastern Dzungaria Subdistrict)	准东街道		شەرقىي جۇڭغار كوچا باشقارمىسى		652302003
Towns
Ganhezi Town	甘河子镇		گەنخېزا بازىرى		652302100
Chengguan Town	城关镇		چىڭگۈەن بازىرى		652302101
Jiuyunjie	九运街镇		جيۇيۇنگەي بازىرى		652302102
Ziniquanzi	滋泥泉子镇		زىنىچۈەنزى بازىرى		652302103
Township
Shuimogou Township	水磨沟乡		شۇيموگۇ يېزىسى		652302202
Ethnic townships
Shanghugou Kazakh Ethnic Township	上户沟哈萨克民族乡		شاڭخۇگۇ قازاق يېزىسى		652302201	(Kazakh language) شاڭحۋگۋ قازاق اۋىلى
Sangonghe Kazakh Ethnic Township	三工河哈萨克民族乡		سەنگۇڭخې قازاق يېزىسى		652302203	(Kazakh language) سانگۇڭحى قازاق اۋىلى

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Climate

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Economy In 2007, Fukang City's GDP was 4.822 billion Chinese yuan, 2.3 times that of 2002, an average annual increase of 17.6%. Per capita GDP reached 30,000 yuan, 2.1 times that of 2002, an average annual increase of 16.5%.

Fukang's economy relies primarily on heavy industry, agriculture and tourism.

Among the tourist attractions in the area are Bogda Shan and the Heavenly Lake of Tianshan.

Bogeda Biosphere Reserve, in the east part of the Tianshan Mountains, was designated a member of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere reserve in 1990.

Irrigated agriculture in the Fukang is enabled by streams flowing from the Tian Shan mountains, as well as by the eastern branch of the Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal, which crosses the Gurbantünggüt Desert, bringing to Fukang water from the Irtysh River.

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Transport

• China National Highway 216

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Special facts In 2000 a 925 "gemstone meteorite", a pallasite meteorite known as Fukang meteorite, was found near Fukang. It is considered a large and a rare of meteorite. In 2008 the main mass was offered for sale at Bonhams for a value of US $2 million. However the lot remained unsold. Fukang Meteorite Auction Bonhams

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