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.
Diexi | |
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Town | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Characters | 叠溪 |
| • Pinyin | Diéxī |
Diexi | |
Diexi Location in China | |
| Coordinates: 32°2′37″N 103°40′45″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Ngawa |
| County | Mao County |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 2,697 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
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.
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