Mao County or Maoxian (; ;
Qiang: ʂqini) is a
county
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in
Ngawa Prefecture,
Sichuan Province, China.
It has an area of 3,903 and a population of 106,700 as of 2006. 88.9% of the population are
Qiang people
The Qiang people ( Qiangic: ''Rrmea''; ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 310,000 in 2000. They live mainly in a ...
. The county seat is Fengyi ().
Natural disasters
In 1933,
an earthquake occurred near
Diexi ().
In 2017,
a landslide occurred in Xinmo Village (), Diexi.
Administrative divisions
Mao County has 9 towns and 12 townships.
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Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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:
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Diexi ()
**Dongxing ()
**Fengyi () – Seat of the Mao County People's Government
**Fushun ()
**Guangming ()
**Nanxin ()
**Taiping ()
**Tumen ()
**Yadu ()
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Townships:
**Baixi ()
**Feihong ()
**Goukou ()
**Heihu ()
**Huilong ()
**Qugu ()
**Sanlong ()
**Shidaguan ()
**Songpinggou ()
**Wadi ()
**Weimen ()
**Yonghe ()
Transport
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China National Highway 213
Climate
References
{{Authority control
County-level divisions of Sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture