Liugou Township
Liugou Township (simplified Chinese: 柳沟乡; traditional Chinese: 柳溝鄉; pinyin: Liǔgōu Xiāng) is a township under the administration of Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, Gansu, China. As of 2022, it has 9 villages under its administration.
The name "Liugou" means ditch with willow trees in Chinese. There are many willow trees growing in the ditch where the village is located, hence the name Liugou.
Liugou was the epicenter of the 2023 Jishishan earthquake, which killed at least 148 people.
History
In August 2018, a flood hit Liugou Township, resulting in over 400 people being displaced from the villages of Xietao, Majia, and Liugou within the township.
Liugou was named by Chinese authorities to be the epicenter of the 2023 Jishishan earthquake, which killed at least 148 people.
Administrative divisions
As of 2022, it has the following 9 villages under its administration:
- Xietao Village (Chinese: 斜套村)
- Gaji Village (Chinese: 尕集村)
- Yuanjiashan Village (Chinese: 袁家山村)
- Yangshan Village (Chinese: 阳山村)
- Liugou Village (Chinese: 柳沟村)
- Majia Village (Chinese: 马家村)
- Zhangguojia Village (Chinese: 张郭家村)
- Shangping Village (Chinese: 上坪村)
- Fanjiagou Village (Chinese: 樊家沟村)
References
- ^ 2022年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县 [2022 Statistical Division Codes and Urban-rural Division Codes: Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ 2022年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：柳沟乡 [2022 Statistical Division Codes and Urban-rural Division Codes: Liugou Township] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Liugou Township, Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province" (in Chinese). tcmap.com.cn (Boyadimingwang). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Midnight earthquake death toll rises to 111 in NW China". Xinhua News Agency. 19 December 2023. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "China earthquake death toll rises to 148". France 24. Agence France-Presse. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ 积石山县柳沟乡妥善安置405名受灾群众 [Liugou Township, Jishishan County properly resettled 405 people affected by the disaster] (in Chinese). Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County People's Government. 2018-08-05. Archived from the original on 2023-12-25. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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