Wenchuan County

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translit_lang1_info=汶川县
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translit_lang1_info1=汶川縣
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translit_lang1_info2=Wènchuān Xiàn
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translit_lang1_info3=ལུང་དགུ་རྫོང་།

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footnotes = Wenchuan County (zh-sp|s=汶川县|p=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. [zh [http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/gxzc/gxzc-wc-xqgk.html Profile of Wenchuan County] , official website of Wenchuan County Government, visited on May 12, 2008.]

Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected area located in Wenchuan County, which houses more than 150 highly endangered giant pandas.

Natural disasters

On May 12, 2008, the area was the site of the epicentre and one of the most severely hit areas of the great Sichuana, or Wenchuan earthquake (汶川地震). 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. cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html|date=2008-06-02|accessdate=2008-06-02|title=Casualties in Wenchuan Earthquake|publisher=Sina.com|language=Chinese] [cite news|url= http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/html/2008-6/7/content_200867214914578.html | title= Death Toll in Ngawa Prefecture Rose to 20,258 as of June 6, 18:00 CST |accessdate=2008-06-07 | publisher=Official website of Ngawa Prefecture Government |date=2008-06-07 |language= Chinese]

Wenchuan was at the the center of one of two areas where seismic intensity were the highest at XI liedu during this earthquake.cite web
publisher=CEA
url=http://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_09/01/1220238314350.html
title=Seismic intensity map of the M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake (汶川8.0级地震烈度分布图)
date=2008-08-29
accessdate=2008-09-10
language=Chinese] Since the earthquake, the central government has increased fortification intensity for seismic design for this area from VII to VIII.cite paper
author=XU, Zhengzhong; WANG, Yayong; et al (徐正忠、王亚勇等)
url=http://www.morgain.com/Help/GB50011-2001/A.htm
title=Code for seismic design of buildings (GB 500011-2001) (partially revised in 2008), Appendix A ( 《建筑抗震设计规范》（GB 500011－2001） （2008 年局部修订） 附录 A 我国主要城镇抗震设防烈度、设计基本地震加速度和设计地震分组)
publisher=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of PRC (MOHURD, 中华人民共和国住房和城乡建设部)
year=2001
accessdate=2008-09-29
language=Chinese]

ubdivisions

Wenchuan County has six towns and seven townships: [zh [http://www.xzqh.org/QUHUA/51sc/3221wc.htm Profile of Wenchuan County] , visited on May 25, 2008. ]

*Towns:
**Weizhou (威州镇)
**Xuankou (漩口镇)
**Shuimo (水磨镇)
**Yingxiu (映秀镇)
**Miansi (绵虒镇)
**Wolong (卧龙镇)
*Townships:
**Keku (克枯乡)
**Longxi (龙溪乡)
**Yanmen (雁门乡)
**Caopo (草坡乡)
**Yinxing (银杏乡)
**Sanjiang (三江乡)
**Gengda (耿达乡)

References

External links

* [http://www.abazhou.gov.cn/gxzc/gxzc-wc-xqgk.html Official website of Wenchuan County Government]