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Wenchuan ( Chinese 汶川县 , Pinyin Wènchuān Xiàn , Tibetan ལུང་ དགུ ། Wylie lung dgu , Lunggu ) is a district in the southeast of the Ngawa Autonomous District of the Tibetans and Qiang in the Chinese province of Sichuan . Its main town is the large village Weizhou ( 威州镇 ). It is located on the northwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin on the upper reaches of the Min River (Min Jiang).
The district has an area of 4,084 square kilometers and has 106,119 inhabitants (2005).
2008 Sichuan earthquake
On May 12, 2008, the area was the epicenter of a major earthquake .
Administrative structure
Wenchuan County consists of eight large parishes and four parishes :
- Greater community Weizhou威州镇29,237 inhabitants
- Greater community Yingxiu映秀镇7,977 inhabitants
- Large municipality Wolong卧龙 镇 2,552 inhabitants
- Greater community Shuimo水磨镇10,467 inhabitants
- Greater community Xuankou漩口镇13,091 inhabitants
- Greater community Sanjiang三江镇4,157 inhabitants
- Large municipality of Gengda耿 达 镇 2,583 inhabitants
- Greater community Miansi绵虒镇9,373 inhabitants
- Longxi municipality 龙 溪乡 4,851 inhabitants
- Keku municipality 克 枯 乡 3,445 inhabitants
- Community Yanmen雁门乡6,980 inhabitants
- Community Yinxing银杏乡2,672 inhabitants
Ethnic breakdown of the population (2000)
At the 2000 census, Wenchuan had 111,935 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 55,681 | 49.74% |
| Qiang | 35.210 | 31.46% |
| Tibetans | 19,402 | 17.33% |
| Hui | 1,216 | 1.09% |
| Yi | 103 | 0.09% |
| Manju | 76 | 0.07% |
| Tujia | 60 | 0.05% |
| Miao | 47 | 0.04% |
| Mongols | 34 | 0.03% |
| Zhuang | 24 | 0.02% |
| Korean | 19th | 0.02% |
| Dong | 18th | 0.02% |
| Bai | 13 | 0.01% |
| Others | 32 | 0.03% |
Others
The Giant Panda Research Center ( 大熊猫 研究 中心 , Daxiongmao yanjiu zhongxin ) and the China Wolong Giant Panda Museum ( 中国 卧龙 大熊猫 博物馆 , Zhongguo Wolong Daxiongmao bowuguan ), which opened in 2002, are located in the greater Wolong community .
The Neolithic sites of Yingpanshan ( Mao (Ngawa) County ) and Jianghabeng (Wenchuan County) ( Yingpanshan he Jianghabeng yizhi ( 营盘 山 和 姜维 城 遗址 )) of the Yingpanshan culture ( 营盘 山 文化 ) have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic since 2006 China (6-177) .
See also
Web links
- Map of Wenchuan, Mao, and Li Counties
- Neolithic findings at the Yingpanshan Ruins site
- Sichuan: Decouverte de "la culture de Yingpanshan"
- Minjiang Ruins Yield Amazing Findings
Individual evidence
- ↑ 县 情 概况 ( Memento from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ in Chinese: National Bureau of Statistics, Wenchuan , visited January 15, 2020.
Coordinates: 31 ° 13 ' N , 103 ° 20' E