SW China
Sichuan
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Weizhou

Weizhou is a town and the county seat of , northwestern province, Southwestern China. The town has an area of 128 square kilometers and a population of 31,409.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Mao-wen”, “Mao-wen-ch’iang-tsu-tzu-chih-hsien”, “Veychzhou”, “Wei-chiu”, “Wei-chou”, “Wei-chou-chen”, “Weichow”, “Weikiu”, “Weizhou Town”, “Weizhou, Wenchuan County”, “Wenchuan”, and “Wenchuan Xian”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wenchuan.

Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small county in Sichuan’s , which straddles the confluence of the Min and Zagunao Rivers. county is one of only 4 counties that are the main location of China’s Qiang ethnic group – the others being Lixian, Maoxian and Beichuan.

Weizhou

Latitude
31.47947° or 31° 28′ 46″ north
Longitude
103.58121° or 103° 34′ 52″ east
Elevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)
Open location code
8P35FHHJ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7132697799
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1791566
Wiki­data ID
Q1001029
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Weizhou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويتشو، مقاطعة ونتشوان”
  • Asturian: “Weizhou”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েইচৌ”
  • Cebuano: “Weizhou”
  • Chinese: “威州”
  • Chinese: “威州鎮”
  • Chinese: “威州镇”
  • Chinese: “汶川县”
  • Danish: “Weizhou, Wenchuan County”
  • Dutch: “Weizhou”
  • Finnish: “Weizhou, Wenchuanin kunta”
  • French: “Weizhou”
  • Gan Chinese: “威州镇”
  • German: “Weizhou”
  • Greek: “Γουέιζου”
  • Gujarati: “વેઇઝોઉ, વેનચુઆન કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hindi: “वेइज़होउ, वेंचुआन काउंटी”
  • Indonesian: “Weizhou, Wenchuan County”
  • Italian: “Weizhou, Contea di Wenchuan”
  • Japanese: “威州鎮”
  • Kannada: “ವೈಝೌ, ವೆನ್ಚುವಾನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Korean: “웨이주”
  • Latvian: “Veižou, Venčuanas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Veižou, Venčuano sritis”
  • Malay: “Weizhou, Wenchuan County”
  • Marathi: “वेइझोउ, वेंचुआन काउंटी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Weizhou”
  • Norwegian: “Weizhou”
  • Persian: “ویژو، شهرستان ونچوان”
  • Polish: “Weizhou, Hrabstwo Wenchuan”
  • Portuguese: “Weizhou”
  • Russian: “Вэйчжоу”
  • Sinhala: “වෙයිසෞ, වෙන්චුආන් පළාත”
  • Spanish: “Weizhou”
  • Swedish: “Weizhou”
  • Tamil: “வெயிலவு, வெஞ்சுங் கவுண்டி”
  • Telugu: “వేజ్హౌ, వెంచువాన్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เว่ยโจว, เหวินชวน คันทรี่”
  • Tibetan: “ཝེ་ཀྲོའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།”
  • Turkish: “Weizhu, Wenchuan County”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейчжоу”
  • Urdu: “وییزحوو ، وینچوان کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Uy Châu, Vấn Xuyên huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Uy Châu, Vấn Xuyên”
  • Vietnamese: “Uy Châu”
  • Welsh: “Weizhou”
  • Wu Chinese: “威州镇”

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