Zhougqu County is an administrative district in Gansu

Gansu

' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

, the People's Republic of China

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. It is one of 58 counties of Gansu. It is part of the Gannan Prefecture. Its postal code is 746300, and in 2010 its population was 134,000 people.

2010 mudslide

According to historical records, Chengguan Town (Chinese

Chinese language

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: 城关镇, the county seat area) has been struck by 11 devastating mudslides since 1823.

On Aug 8, 2010, deadly mudslides caused by torrential rain struck the county and resulted in 1,144 people dead. It has been said by some experts that the scale of disaster was affected by deforestation and the construction of hydro dams in the area.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu
• 8th, Aug, 2010, A huge debris blow burst in Zhouqu County, Gansu. Thousands of people were killed.
• 15th, Aug, 2010, national memorial day today of Zhouqu Debris Blow. All the flags are flying at half-mast, all public entertainment activities all stop, front pages of the country’s main websites removed all color from their pages, i.e. in honour of the dead in this disaster. ...Simon. Retrieved on 15 August 2010.

External links

• http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html