Wenchuan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)
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Name (Hebrew)
ונצ'ואן שיאן (סצ'ואן שנג, סין)
Name (Latin)
Wenchuan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)
Other forms of name
Wun-khron-rdzoṅ (Sichuan Sheng, China)
nne Wen-chʻuan hsien (Sichuan Sheng, China)
Coordinates
E1031948 E1031948 N0311323 N0311323 (geonames )
Associated country
China
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm3; 31°13ʹ23ʺN 103°19ʹ48ʺE)
- Sichuan Sheng Aba Zangzu Zizhizhou Wenchuan Xian di ming lu, 1982:t.p. (Wenchuan Xian; Wun-khron-rdzoṅ)
- Wen-chʻuan hsien chih, 1992:t.p. (Wen-chʻuan hsien) p. 1 (loc. in Ssu-chʻuan)
- Gaz. of PRC(Wenchuan Xian, ADM3, 31 28'N 103 35'E; ref. from Wen-chʻuan Hsien)
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1 wenchuan county sichuan panorama 2013
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Wikipedia description:
Wenchuan County is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. The county has an area of 4,084 square kilometres (1,577 sq mi), and a population of 100,771 as of 2010. 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 county's Yingxiu town was the site of the epicentre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, also known as the Wenchuan earthquake.
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