Beichuan

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Location of the Qiang's Beichuan Autonomous County in Sichuan Province.

The Beichuan Autonomous County of the Qiang ( Chinese  北 川 羌族 自治县 , Pinyin Běichuān Qiāngzú zìzhìxiàn ) is an autonomous district of the Qiang in the Chinese province of Sichuan . It belongs to the administrative area of ​​the prefecture-level Mianyang City . It has an area of ​​2867.83 square kilometers and has a population of 160,000 (2004). The seat of government is the large community of Qushan ( Chinese  曲 山镇 , Pinyin Qushan zhen ).

The Qiang people in Sichuan live mainly in the counties of Mao , Wenchuan , Li , Heishui and Sungqu (Songpan), which all belong to the Ngawa Autonomous District of the Tibetans and Qiang .

Beichuan is located on the Tongkou He ( 通 口 河 ), a tributary of the Fu Jiang ( 涪江 ). The Jianjiang River ( 湔 江 , Jian Jiang ) and the Baicao He ( 白草 河 ), Qingpian He ( 青 片 河 ), Duba He ( 都 坝河 ), Subao He ( 苏 宝 河 ) and Pingtong He ( 平 通河 ) rivers flow through its territory. Four large valleys are Xiaozhaizigou ( 小寨 子沟 ), Taibaigou ( 太白 沟 ), Houyuangou ( 后 园 沟 ) and Bainigou ( 白 坭 沟 ).

The Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008 triggered a landslide above Beichuan that blocked a river so that a lake formed. Thousands of residents were evacuated for fear of a dam break.

Administrative structure

Beichuan is made up of eight large parishes and fifteen parishes , one of which is from a (different) national minority (the Tibetans ).

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ See Cihai (2002: 1338).
  3. ↑ Spiegel Online from May 17, 2008: Thousands flee for fear of giant tidal waves

Coordinates: 31 ° 58 ′  N , 104 ° 18 ′  E