Zhouqu County

Zhouqu County (Chinese: 舟曲县; pinyin: Zhōuqū Xiàn; Tibetan: འབྲུག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: brug chu rdzong, ZYPY: Zhugqu Zong ) is a county in the eastern extremity of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu Province, the People's Republic of China, with the Bailong River flowing through its confines; it borders Sichuan province to the south. In 2010 its population was 134,000 people.[1]

Zhouqu County

舟曲县 · འབྲུག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
County
Zhouqu County (pink) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Coordinates (Zhouqu government): 33°47′37″N 104°15′05″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
746300

2010 mudslide
Main article: 2010 Gansu mudslide

On 8 August 2010, deadly mudflows caused by torrential rain struck the county and killed at least 1,471 people.[1][2] It has been said by some experts; such as Professor Fan Xiao, a Sichuan-based geologist; that the scale of the disaster was affected by deforestation and the construction of dams for hydro-electricity in the area.[3]

According to historical records, Chengguan Town (Chinese: 城关镇, the county seat area) has been struck by 11 "devastating" mudflows since 1823.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Wivell, David (13 August 2010). "Relentless rain piles on misery in China". NBC News. Associated Press (AP). Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. Deng, Shasha (2 September 2010). "Death toll from NW China mudslides rises to 1,471; 294 still missing". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. Wang Zhicheng (10 August 2010), "Dam building and deforestation, more than "natural" causes behind the Gansu disaster", Asian news.it, retrieved 4 May 2014, In more than 40 years, 126,000 hectares of forests have disappeared. More than 150 dams were built on local rivers with no regards for the local hydro-geological structure.



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