Tibetans in Gansu Province hart hit by Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 08
May 17, 2009
Tibetan Review
May 15, 2009
A total of 167 administrative villages deep in
the mountains in the primarily Tibetan inhabited
Panqu County of Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho)
Prefecture of Gansu Province were affected most
adversely by the Sichuan earthquake of May 12,
2008, reported Chinas official Xinhuanet May 12.
It said that the Maigongshan Village of Wenxian
County's Tielou Township was one of the major
Tibetan-inhabited areas for Baima Tibetans. Some
90 percent of the houses in the village collapsed in the quake.
Another Tibetan area mentioned as among the hardest hit was Boyu Township.
May 15, 2009
A total of 167 administrative villages deep in
the mountains in the primarily Tibetan inhabited
Panqu County of Gannan (Tibetan: Kanlho)
Prefecture of Gansu Province were affected most
adversely by the Sichuan earthquake of May 12,
2008, reported Chinas official Xinhuanet May 12.
It said that the Maigongshan Village of Wenxian
County's Tielou Township was one of the major
Tibetan-inhabited areas for Baima Tibetans. Some
90 percent of the houses in the village collapsed in the quake.
Another Tibetan area mentioned as among the hardest hit was Boyu Township.
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