Wuchang, Heilongjiang

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Wuchang (Chinese: 五常; Pinyin: Wǔcháng) is a city in Harbin, Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China.

The name "Wuchang" was used from 1855, because at that time people began to reclaim wasteland, and built five noble lodges. In 1969,assistance-banner official established Wuchang Fort. It was changed to Wuchang Bureau in 1882, and changed to Wuchang Mansion in 1909. In 1913, Wuchang County was set up, and changed to Wuchang Town in 1993.

The area of Wuchang is 7,512 km², and it has 0.99 million population.

[edit] Geography

Wuchang is a half-mountain town, its ground slops from southeast to northwest. Wuchang rises over 450 metres above sea level and Zhangguangcai Ling twists toward the southeast,many hills appear in different layers,such as Laoye Ling and Eagle South Mountain. In northwest, Songnen Plain is the main agriculture area because of its flat ground.

Lalin River and Mangnu River run across Wuchang Town, they provider amount of water for agriculture.

The average temperature is 3.5 Celsius. January--the coldest month is about 19.1 Celsius below zero. July--the hottest month is about 22.4 Celsius. The annual precipitation is 625 mm, frost-free season is 124 days and the sun hours are 2,576.

[edit] Economic situation

Wuchang has so many advantages to develop agriculture, such as loamy soil, abundant water, and suitable weather. So grain includes rice, corn, soybean, sorghum, cereal and wheat. It also grow such industrial crops as beet and tobacco.