Wenchuan County
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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
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.png) Wenchuan (red) in Ngawa Prefecture (yellow), Sichuan province, and the PRC |
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 Wenchuan
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| Coordinates: 31°29′1.64″N 103°35′18.25″E / 31.4837889°N 103.5884028°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Ngawa |
| County seat | Weizhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,084 km2 (1,577 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 106,119 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities |
Han - 46% Qiang - 34% Tibetan - 18.6% |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 623000 |
| Area code(s) | 0837 |
Coordinates: 31°29′1.64″N 103°35′18.25″E / 31.4837889°N 103.5884028°E
Wenchuan County (Chinese: 汶川县; pinyin: Wènchuān Xiàn, Tibetan: ལུང་དགུ་རྫོང༌།, ZYPY: Lunggu Zong) is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
This county has an area of 4,084 square kilometres (1,577 sq mi) and a population of 106,119 as of 2005.
Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected area located in Wenchuan County, which houses more than 150 highly endangered giant pandas. The Wolong Special Administrative Region is also located here.
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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