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.[1]

Diexi
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Characters叠溪
 • PinyinDiéxī
Diexi
Diexi
Diexi is located in China
Diexi
Diexi
Location in China
Coordinates: 32°2′37″N 103°40′45″E / 32.04361°N 103.67917°E / 32.04361; 103.67917
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
PrefectureNgawa
CountyMao County
Population
 (2000)
 • Total2,697
Time zoneUTC+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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Profile of Mao County (in Chinese), visited on May 25, 2008.
  2. ^ "牵挂·守望·搜救——四川茂县山体垮塌灾害36小时救援纪实" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 26 June 2017.