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Beichuan

Beichuan is a county in . Beichuan was located very close to the epicenter of the Sichuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008. The county suffered extreme damage in the earthquake.
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  • Type: City with 80,200 residents
  • Description: autonomous county in Mianyang, Sichuan, China
  • Also known as: “Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County”, “Beychuan’”, “Pehchwan”, “Pei-ch’üan”, “Pei-ch’uan-chen”, “Pei-ch’uan-hsien”, “Qushan”, “Shih-ch’üan”, and “Shitsyuan’”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yongchang.

Town
Town is the new county seat of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in , , , one of the worst-hit areas in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Beichuan

Latitude
31.6192° or 31° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
104.4649° or 104° 27′ 54″ east
Population
80,200
Elevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)
Open location code
8P36JF97+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3833910972
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1797298
Wiki­data ID
Q814653
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Beichuan” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Pak-chhoan Kiuⁿ-cho̍k Chū-tī-koān”
  • Chinese: “北川”
  • Chinese: “北川县”
  • Chinese: “北川縣”
  • Chinese: “北川羌族自治县”
  • Chinese: “北川羌族自治縣”
  • Chinese: “曲山”
  • Chinese: “石泉縣 (四川省)”
  • French: “Beichuan”
  • French: “Comte autonome qiang de Beichuan”
  • French: “Comté autonome qiang de beichuan”
  • French: “Comté autonome qiang de Beichuan”
  • French: “Comté Autonome Qiang De Beichuan”
  • French: “Xian autonome qiang de Beichuan”
  • Gan Chinese: “北川羌族自治县”
  • German: “Autonomer Kreis Beichuan der Qiang”
  • German: “Beichuan”
  • Italian: “Contea autonoma qiang di Beichuan”
  • Japanese: “北川チャン族自治県”
  • Japanese: “北川県”
  • Japanese: “北川羌族自治県”
  • Korean: “베이촨 창족 자치현”
  • Korean: “베이촨 현”
  • Korean: “베이촨현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-chhoan Kiuⁿ-cho̍k Chū-tī-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beichuan Qiang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beichuan”
  • Norwegian: “Beichuan Qiang”
  • Persian: “بیچوان کیانگ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان خودمختار بیچوان کیانگ”
  • Portuguese: “Beichuan Qiang”
  • Russian: “Бэйчуань-Цянский автономный уезд”
  • Spanish: “Beichuan”
  • Swedish: “Beichuan”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейчуань-Цянський автономний повіт”
  • Urdu: “بئیچوان چیانگ خود مختار کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Xuyên”
  • Wu Chinese: “北川羌族自治县”
  • Yue Chinese: “北川羌族自治縣”

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