Wenchuan County

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Wenchuan County is a mountainous county in Sichuan Province, China, known for its rich biodiversity, protected panda habitats, and as the epicenter of the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

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instanceOf administrative division of China
county-level division
administrativeLevel county
borderedBy Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County NERFINISHED
Chongzhou City NERFINISHED
Dayi County NERFINISHED
Dujiangyan City NERFINISHED
Lixian County NERFINISHED
Maoxian County NERFINISHED
capital Weizhou NERFINISHED
contains Wolong National Nature Reserve NERFINISHED
part of Giant Panda National Park
protected nature reserves
country China
dateOfEvent 2008-05-12 (Sichuan earthquake)
economy agriculture
ecotourism
forestry
hydropower
tourism
epicenterOf 2008 Sichuan earthquake NERFINISHED
ethnicComposition Han Chinese NERFINISHED
Qiang NERFINISHED
Tibetan
hasAlternativeName Wenchuan NERFINISHED
hasChineseName 汶川县
hasClimate humid subtropical influences
mountain climate
hasNotableSite Wenchuan Earthquake Memorials NERFINISHED
hasPinyinName Wènchuān Xiàn NERFINISHED
knownFor habitat of giant pandas
habitat of golden snub-nosed monkeys
habitat of red pandas
high seismic activity
protected giant panda habitats
rich biodiversity
language Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Qiangic languages NERFINISHED
Tibetan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Sichuan Province NERFINISHED
eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau
southwestern China NERFINISHED
locatedOn Longmenshan fault zone NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Min River NERFINISHED
partOf Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED
provinceCapitalDistance approximately 90 km from Chengdu (straight-line)
reconstructionAfter 2008 Sichuan earthquake NERFINISHED
terrain mountainous
underJurisdictionOf Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture government NERFINISHED

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Wolong National Nature Reserve locatedIn Wenchuan County