Wuyi County, Jinhua
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Wuyi County is a county of Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

, China
China
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. It is under the administration of the Jinhua
Jinhua
Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, and Shaoxing to the northeast....

 city. It is rich in Fluorite
Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, though octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon...

 and hot spring
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...

 resorts.

The local government is sited in Lushan avenue.

Geography

North and West side of Wuyi is surrounded by mountains. The most important one, called Niutoushan
Niutoushan
Niutoushan is a township-level division situated in Chizhou, Anhui, China....

 is 1560,2 meters high.

History

At the autumn period, in the Chinese history, Wuyi belonged to Yue
Yue
-Locations:*Zhejiang, abbreviated 越 Yuè, a province of China*Guangdong, abbreviated 粵 Yuè, province of China*Yue in Yue Nan: 越南 -Language:...

. During the Qin dinasty until the Han dinasty belonged to Wushang.
In 691, was renamed as Wuyi.
In 1958, the Suanping county, became a part of Wuyi increasing the importance of the city.

Economy

Wuyi's economy is mainly based on agriculture and tourism.

Industrial districts were limited trying to keep the city clean focusing on tourism. However, the Huang Long industry area is famous to content some of the most important European manufacturers in the area. Wuyi was chosen by companies such as Littlecherry, Ocean Hardware & Plastics, Australian Sino Paper or Sedeenchina  that prefer produce in this small village better than some other nearby options such us Yiwu
Yiwu
Yiwu is a city of about 1.2 million people in central Zhejiang Province near the central eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. The city is famous for its small commodity trade and vibrant free markets and is a regional tourist destination...

.

Some of Wuyi tourist attractions are:
  • Guo Donggu ecologic village.
  • Shouxian Valley
  • Qingfeng Zai mountain
  • Yanfu temple
  • Yuyuan village
  • Shuxi bridge
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