Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County belongs to Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. Located in the northwest of Sichuan Basin. It is located between 3114' ~ 3214' north latitude and 103 44'~ 104 42' east longitude, bordering jiangyou city in the east, Anzhou District in the south, Maoxian County in the west and Songpan and Pingwu in the north. It is 42 kilometers away from Mianyang City and 0/60 kilometers away from Chengdu, the provincial capital. It is the only Qiang Autonomous County in China. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 in June 2020, the resident population of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County was 1745438+00000.
Beichuan County is "the hometown of beige marble in China", "the hometown of Dayu culture in China", "the hometown of Qiang embroidery in China", the fourth civilized county-level city in Sichuan Province, the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties, and the third batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties.
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On May 28th, 2004, with the approval of Sichuan Provincial Government (Chuanfu Civil Affairs 19), the original nine Qiang townships in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County were renamed as Yuli Township, Xuanping Township, Baini Township, Piankou Township, Dunshang Township, Gao Man Township, Chenjiaba Township, Guanling Township and Duba Township respectively. The original five Qiang Tibetan townships of Xiaoba, Kaiping, Badi, Baishi and Qingpian were renamed as Xiaoba Township, Kaiping Township, Badi Township, Baishi Township and Qingpian Township respectively, and the original Qiang Tibetan township of Long Tao was renamed as Long Tao Tibetan Township.
On May 12, 2008, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County was one of the hardest hit areas of Wenchuan earthquake, and its qushan town was razed to the ground due to the May 12 earthquake. On May 22nd, the county government of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County set up a temporary office in Tianlong Hotel, Anchang Town, Anxian County. 165438+1At the beginning of October, the the State Council executive meeting reviewed and approved the site selection of Beichuan New County, which is located about 2 kilometers east of Anchang Town, Anxian County.
On February 6, 2009, the Ministry of Civil Affairs agreed to transfer Anchang Town, Yong 'an Town, Changle, Hongyan, Shunyi, Hongqi, Wenquan and Dongyu in Anxian County to Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, and the people's government of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County moved from qushan town to Anchang Town. After this adjustment, the area of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County increased by 2 15 square kilometers, and the population increased by more than 78,000 people.