Yingxiu, Wenchuan County

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translit_lang1_info=映秀
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footnotes = Yingxiu (zh-sp|s=映秀|p=Yìngxiù) is a town within Wenchuan County, Sichuan, in the People's Republic of China. It is south of Wenchuan's county urban centre. It has an area of 115 square kilometers and a population of 6,906. [zh [http://www.wenchuan.net/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=4 Profile of Yingxiu] .]

It is at the epicentre and one of the single worst hit areas of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. 80% of the town was destroyed by the earthquake. The town was the first journalists were able to reach inside Wenchuan County.

References

External links

*zh [http://www.scjgxx.gov.cn/company/mobon4/index.asp?ep_id=13776 Webpage of the Yingxiu Government] , official website of Sichuan Government Personnel Organization.