Hanyuan County

Hanyuan County
County
Chinese transcription(s)
  Chinese 汉源县
  Pinyin Hànyuán Xiàn
Country China
Province Sichuan
Area
  Total 2,349 km2 (907 sq mi)
Population (2004) 350,000
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Hanyuan County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city. The principal town is Shirong. The Pubugou Hydropower Station in the county has caused displacement problems for thousands of villagers, and in 2004 some 20,000 villagers protested against it.[1][2]

Light green -Yi. Red -Tibetan

References

  1. Sun, Jiadong.; Liu, Jingnan.; Yang, Yuanxi.; Fan, Shiwei (2012). China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2012 Proceedings: The 3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2012) Guangzhou, China, May 15-19, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. p. 306. ISBN 978-3-642-29187-6. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. Wells-Dang, Andrew (4 September 2012). Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam: Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-230-38020-2. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

Coordinates: 29°30′01″N 102°33′41″E / 29.50028°N 102.56139°E / 29.50028; 102.56139


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