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| Wenchuan County 汶川县 |
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| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Simplified | 汶川县 |
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| - Traditional | 汶川縣 |
| - Pinyin | Wènchuān Xiàn |
| - Tibetan | ལུང་དགུ་རྫོང་། |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| 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]
Wenchuan County has six towns and seven townships:[4]