Wenchuan
Wenchuan is a small county in Sichuan’s Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, which straddles the confluence of the Min and Zagunao Rivers. Wenchuan 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.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Aba, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 101,000
- Latitude: 31.1586° or 31° 9' 30.9" north
- Longitude: 103.2871° or 103° 17' 13.5" east
- Elevation: 3041 meters (9977 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 1791528
Also Known As
- Chinese: 汶川
- Chinese: 汶川县
- French: Xian de Wenchuan
- German: Wenchuan
- Italian: Contea di Wenchuan
- Spanish: Wenchuan
- Wen-ch’uan Hsien
In the Area
Localities
- XinfangziVillage, 6 km southwest
- GengdaTown, 8 km south
- 垭口Locality, 15 km south
- 韩风岭Locality, 15 km south
- WolongTown, 15 km southwest
- ChengwaiVillage, 17 km north
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