| Wenchuan County 汶川县 |
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| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Simplified | 汶川县 |
| • Traditional | 汶川縣 |
| • Pinyin | Wènchuān Xiàn |
| • Tibetan | ལུང་དགུ་རྫོང་། |
| Street view of Yingxiu town, July 2005 | |
| Wenchuan (red) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow), Sichuan province, and the PRC | |
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Wenchuan
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture|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 (Chinese: 汶川县; pinyin: Wènchuān Xiàn, Tibetan: Lung dGu rDZong) is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
This county has an area of {{convert|4084 |km2} 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.
The area was the site of the epicentre and one of the most severely hit areas of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake (or Wenchuan Earthquake).
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On May 12, 2008, the area was the site of the epicentre and one of the most severely hit areas of the great Sichuan, or Wenchuan, earthquake (汶川地震). 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]
Wenchuan was at the center of one of two areas where seismic intensity were the highest at XI liedu during this earthquake.[4] Since the earthquake, the central government has increased fortification intensity for seismic design for this area from VII to VIII.[5]
Wenchuan County has six towns and seven townships:[6]