Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County

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Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County is an ethnic autonomous county in Sichuan Province, China, known as a cultural and historical center of the Qiang people and as one of the areas heavily affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of China
autonomous county
county-level division of Sichuan
administrativeLevel county-level
country China
ethnicAutonomyFor Qiang people
ethnicGroup Qiang people
governingBody People's Government of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
hasAutonomousStatusSince 1988
hasCulturalHeritage Qiang embroidery
Qiang festivals
traditional Qiang stone-tower architecture
hasDisasterMemorial Beichuan Earthquake Memorial Site
Old Beichuan County Town Ruins
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cultural tourism related to Qiang heritage
tourism
hasEthnicMinorityStatus Qiang autonomous county
hasMajorReligion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
hasMinorityLanguage Qiang language
hasNameLanguage Chinese
hasOfficialLanguage Standard Chinese
hasPostalCodeType Chinese postal code
hasRebuiltCountySeatAfter 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
linked to: Sichuan earthquake
hasReconstructionSupportFrom Sichuan provincial government
central government of China
hasSettlementType county
hasTerrain mountainous
valleys
isOneOf main settlement areas of the Qiang people
knownFor Qiang culture
being a cultural center of the Qiang people
being a historical center of the Qiang people
severe damage in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
locatedIn People's Republic of China
linked to: China

Sichuan Province
eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
north of Sichuan Basin
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedOnTectonicStructure Longmenshan fault zone
linked to: Longmenshan Fault
oldCountySeatStatus preserved as earthquake memorial site
partOf Mianyang City
linked to: Mianyang
provinceCapitalDistanceRelation north of Chengdu
significantEvent 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
linked to: Sichuan earthquake
usesWritingSystem Simplified Chinese
utcOffset +8

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Qiang people primaryLocation Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Qiang hasAutonomousCounty Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County governingBody People's Government of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
linked to: Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County hasEthnicMinorityStatus Qiang autonomous county
linked to: Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Sichuan earthquake severelyAffectedArea Beichuan County
linked to: Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County
Wenchuan County borderedBy Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County