Beichuan County
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Beichuan County 北川县 |
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| Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County 北川羌族自治县 |
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.png) Location of Beichuan County (red) within Mianyang City (yellow) and Sichuan |
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 Beichuan County
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| Coordinates: 31°53′N 104°26′E / 31.883°N 104.433°ECoordinates: 31°53′N 104°26′E / 31.883°N 104.433°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | City of Mianyang |
| County seat | Yongchang (永昌镇) |
| Towns & Townships |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2,867.83 km2 (1,107.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 598 m (1,962 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 160,156 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities |
Qiang - 56.7% Han - 40.1% |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 622750 |
| Area code(s) | 0816 |
| Website | http://beichuan.my.gov.cn |
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 北川羌族自治县; traditional Chinese: 北川羌族自治縣; pinyin: Běichuān Qiāngzú Zìzhì Xiàn; Qiang: Juda Rrmea nyujugvexueaji xae) is a county under the jurisdiction of Mianyang City in northern Sichuan province, China. It is located in an ethnically diverse mountainous region of Sichuan. Its Chinese name literally means "North" (bei) "River" (chuan). Its new county seat is located at Yongchang Town after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
It has an area of 2,867.83 square kilometres (1,107.28 sq mi) and a population of 160,156 in 2006, 56.7% of which are Qiang people, a Sino-Tibetan people related to Tibetans, and 40.1% of which are Han Chinese.
The first administrative county of Beichuan was set up in 566 A.D. during the Northern Zhou dynasty. The Tang dynasty first created another county, Shiquan (Chinese: 石泉; pinyin: Shíquán) inside the original Beichuan county in 634 A.D., then in 651 A.D. merged Beichuan county into Shiquan. The Republic of China changed the county name back to Beichuan in 1914 because there had been a Shiquan county in Shaanxi province before 566 A.D.
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