Zhangzha (), formerly Jiuzhaigou (), is a

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under

Jiuzhaigou County Jiuzhaigou County (; ) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly called Nanping County (), it was renamed in 1998 to reflect the fact that the Jiuzhaigou Va ...

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang: ; ), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and northeast and Qinghai to the northwest. Its seat is in Barkam, and it has an ar ...

Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

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, with an area of , and a permanent population of 13,593 as of 2020.

History

In 1992, the

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of Jiuzhaigou following the merger of Longkang Township () and Tazang Township (). On June 19, 1998, Nanping County, which governed the town, was renamed to

, prompting the town of Jiuzhaigou to change its name to Zhangha after the village where its government was seated.

Administrative divisions

Zhangzha has jurisdiction over 7 residential communities and 11 administrative villages.

Residential communities

The town's residential communities are as follows: * Heye Community () * Shuzheng Community () * Zharu Community () * Zhangzha Community () * Pengfeng Community () * Longkang Community () * Ganhaizi Community ()

Administrative villages

The town's administrative villages are as follows: * Zhangzha Village () * Longkang Village () * Congya Village () * Yazha Village () * Shaba Village () * Erdaoqiao Village () * Shangsizhai Village () * Langzhai Village () * Zhongcha Village () * Yongzhu Village () * Pengfeng Village ()

Jiuzhaigou Earthquake

On August 8, 2017, Zhangzha Town was the epicenter of the earthquake, causing severe

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and damage to the formerly pristine Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area.

Demographics

The town is home to 7,524 residents registered under the

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system, belonging to 2,924 households. However, as of 2020, it has a higher permanent population, totaling 13,593. Zhangzha is predominantly ethnically

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, but has a sizable

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and

Hui The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...

population.

Education

As of 2017, Zhangzha has 1

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, 10

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, and 1

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References

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