Lushan County, Sichuan
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Lushan County
芦山县 | |
|---|---|
.png) Location of Lushan County (red) and Ya'an City (yellow) within Sichuan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Ya'an |
| County seat | Luyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,364 km2 (527 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 99,824 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 625600 |
| Area code | 0835 |
| Website | www |
Lushan County (simplified Chinese: 芦山县; traditional Chinese: 蘆山縣; pinyin: Lúshān Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city.
Lushan County comprises 1 subdistrict, 6 towns and 1 township:[1]
- subdistrict
- Luyang Subdistrict (芦阳街道)
- towns
- Feixianguan Town (飞仙关镇)
- Shuangshi Town (双石镇)
- Taiping Town (太平镇)
- Dachuan Town (大川镇)
- Siyan Town (思延镇)
- Longmen Town (龙门镇)
- township
- Baosheng Township (宝盛乡)
Historical Monuments
An ancient monument, located in Lushan County and dating to 205 AD of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the remains of the mausoleum of Fan Min (樊敏).[2][3] It is known as "Fan Min's Gate Towers and Sculptures" (樊敏阙及石刻), and, according to the archaeologist Chêng Tê-k'un (1957), includes the earliest extant full-size tortoise-born stele.[4] The stele has rounded top with a dragon design in low relief - a precursor to the "two intertwined dragons" design that was very common on such steles even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, over a thousand years later.[4]
2013 earthquake
The earthquake was centered in the district and causing more than 100 deaths and property damage directly and indirectly by the quake and by landslides. In an immediate response, the People's Liberation Army sent about 8,000 soldiers to the impact site, as well as 1,400 provincial rescue workers and 120 support vehicles.
| Date | Hour (UTC) |
Magnitude (USGS) |
Latitude | Longitude | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2013 | 12:02 am | 6.6 | 30.284°N | 102.956°E | 12.3 km[5] |
| April 20, 2013 | 1:11 am | 5.0 | 30.218°N | 102.876°E | 10 km[5] |
| April 20, 2013 | 1:37 am | 5.1 | 30.283°N | 103.001°E | 12 km[5] |
| April 20, 2013 | 3:34 am | 5.1 | 30.181°N | 102.928°E | 12.3 km[5] |
| April 20, 2013 | 8:53 pm | 5.2 | 30.328°N | 103.071°E | 9.8 km[5] |
| April 21, 2013 | 3:59 am | 5.0 | 30.209°N | 103.032°E | 12.2 km[5] |
| April 21, 2013 | 9:05 am | 5.2 | 30.328°N | 102.993°E | 9.4 km[5] |
