Diexi, Mao County
Diexi (Chinese: 叠溪镇; pinyin: Diéxī zhèn; Tibetan: ཏེ་ཞི་གྲོང་རྡལ།, Wylie: te zhi grong rdal) is a town in Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan, China. As of 2000, it has a population of 2,697.
The old town of Diexi was destroyed in the 1933 Diexi earthquake and sank into Diexi Lake. On 24 June 2017, a landslide occurred in Xinmo Village (新磨村), Diexi.
References
- ^ Profile of Mao County (in Chinese), visited on May 25, 2008.
- ^ "牵挂·守望·搜救——四川茂县山体垮塌灾害３６小时救援纪实" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 26 June 2017.
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