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    Wenchuan County is a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. The county has an area of 4,084 square kilometres (1,577 sq mi)...
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    the majority of energy released in the first 80 seconds. Starting from Wenchuan, the rupture propagated at an average speed of 3.1 km/s (6,900 mph), 49°...
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  • Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial is a memorial site located at the ancient town of Anren in Dayi County, Sichuan, China following the devastating Wenchuan...
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    Special Administrative Region, is a national protected area located in Wenchuan County in China. Established in 1963 with an initial size of about 20,000 ha...
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    Village, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou City, Chengdu City. On May 12, 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake occurred and the pig was buried under rubble for 36 days but...
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    Yingxiu (Chinese: 映秀; pinyin: Yìngxiù) is a town of southern Wenchuan County, in central Sichuan Province. It is located at the southern end of the Ngawa...
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    The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90. Operated...
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  • Longxi Township is located at Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. According to the census conducted...
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    Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan. It was formerly known as Wolong Special Administrative Region of Wenchuan County...
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    The G0611 Zhangye-Wenchuan Expressway (Chinese: 张汶高速公路) is a partially completed expressway in that connects Zhangye, Gansu and Wenchuan County, Sichuan...
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  • formerly known as Weichow or Weikiu) is a town and the county seat of Wenchuan County, northwestern Sichuan province, Southwestern China. The town has...
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    2008 Wenchuan earthquake) are concentrated in the Guanxian-Jiangyou fracture (hill-front fracture), Yingxiu-Beichuan fracture (mid-fracture), Wenchuan-Mao...
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    major themes: Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the ‘Red era’, the Wenchuan earthquake, and Chinese folk culture. Red Era Ceramics Exhibition Hall...
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    Archived from the original on 26 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2009. Huang, Wenchuan. "Street-naming and the Subjectivity of Taiwan: A Case Study of Taipei...
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  • search and rescue work during the Wenchuan earthquake. It was the last Wenchuan earthquake rescue dog. In the Wenchuan earthquake, 3-year-old military dog...
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  • actor) Ci Sha as Mei Xing Wang Yueyi as Hong Xiaoyu Luo Mingjie as Zhou Wenchuan Wang Ruixin as Zhou Wenxing Luo Haiqiong as Qin Wan Feng Jiayi as Zhou...
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  • Scincella wangyuezhaoi, Wenchuan's ground skink, is a species of skink found in China. Scincella wangyuezhaoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed...
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    September 2024. "安仁古镇简介". gd.huaxia.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024. "5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake Museum". Sichuan Museum of Jianchuan. Archived from the original...
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    listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mount Qingcheng was affected by the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008. Laojun Tower Problems playing this file? See media...
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  • (Chinese: 邓生; pinyin: Dèngshēng) is an area in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wenchuan County, Sichuan, China. It is located in the southwestern part of the Wolong...
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    public. 12 May 2008 Sichuan earthquake: An earthquake with its epicenter in Wenchuan County killed nearly seventy thousand people. 20 May Ma Ying-jeou sworn...
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    201 km2 (32,124 sq mi). The population was 895,200 by 2022. The county of Wenchuan in Ngawa is the site of the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in...
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    Plate. The Longmenshan Fault on the latter border was the site of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The Yangtze Plate was formed by the disaggregation of the Rodinia...
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    exceeding the seismic fortification intensity of VII-intensity assigned to Wenchuan, Sichuan in GB 500011-2001, a national standard for seismic design published...
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    elementary and middle school students from regions affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. As a gesture of appreciation for the donation, the...
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    Wenchuan Earthquake" (in Simplified Chinese). Sina.com. 8 June 2008. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2008., and "Wenchuan...
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    situations to mean “I’m behind you” and “I’m rooting for you!" The phrase "Wenchuan jiayou!" was widely used online and in Chinese media as an expression of...
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    located in the bordering area of Siguniangshan Town, Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province...
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  • Nargis kills 133,000 in Myanmar. May 12: Magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs in Wenchuan, China, causing almost 90,000 people to die or go missing. May 28: The...
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    "Evidence for anthropogenic surface loading as trigger mechanism of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake". Environmental Earth Sciences. 66 (5): 1439–1447. arXiv:1007...
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