Yongchang
Yongchang Town is the new county seat of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Mianyang, Sichuan, China, one of the worst-hit areas in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beichuan.
Beichuan
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Beichuan is a county in Sichuan. Beichuan was located very close to the epicenter of the Sichuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008. The county suffered extreme damage in the earthquake.
Yongchang
- Type: Town
- Also known as: “Beichuan Xian”, “Yongchang Town”, “Yongchang, Sichuan”, and “永昌”
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Mianyang, East Sichuan, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.61182° or 31° 36′ 43″ northLongitude
104.46653° or 104° 27′ 60″ eastElevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)Open location code
8P36JF68+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5222825999OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Yongchang” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “永昌镇”
- French: “bourg de Yongchang”
- French: “Bourg de Yongchang”
- Gan Chinese: “永昌镇”
- Japanese: “永昌鎮”
- Wu Chinese: “永昌镇”
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