Wenchuan County

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wenchuan 汶川
—  County  —
Chinese transliteration(s)
- Simplified	汶川县
- Traditional	汶川縣
- Pinyin	Wènchuān Xiàn
Street view of Yingxiu town, July 2005
Wenchuan County in Ngawa, Sichuan
Wenchuan Location in China
Coordinates: 31°29′1.64″N 103°35′18.25″E / 31.4837889, 103.5884028
Country	China（中国）
Province	Sichuan（四川）
Prefecture	Ngawa
County seat	Weizhou
Area
- Total	4,084 km² (1,576.8 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	106,119
- Density	26/km² (67.3/sq mi)
- Major nationalities	Han - 46% Qiang - 34% Tibetan - 18.6%
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	623000
Area code(s)	0837

Wenchuan County (simplified Chinese: 汶川县; pinyin: Wènchuān Xiàn) is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.

This county has an area of 4084 square kilometers and a population of 106,119 as of 2005.^[1]

Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected area located in Wenchuan County, which houses more than 150 highly endangered giant pandas.

On May 12, 2008, the area was the site of the epicentre and one of the most severely hit areas of a great earthquake. In Chinese, the earthquake is named after the county, making its name resonate across the nation. In the county, 15,941 people were dead, 34,583 injured, and 7,474 still missing as of June 6, 2008.^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Subdivisions

Wenchuan County has six towns and seven townships:^[4]

• Towns:
  • Weizhou (威州镇)
  • Xuankou (漩口镇)
  • Shuimo (水磨镇)
  • Yingxiu (映秀镇)
  • Miansi (绵虒镇)
  • Wolong (卧龙镇)
• Townships:
  • Keku (克枯乡)
  • Longxi (龙溪乡)
  • Yanmen (雁门乡)
  • Caopo (草坡乡)
  • Yinxing (银杏乡)
  • Sanjiang (三江乡)
  • Gengda (耿达乡)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Wenchuan County Government