北川县

Traditional form:

北川縣

Pinyin (reading):

Běichuānxiàn

Definitions:

• Beichuan Qiang autonomous county in Mianyang 綿陽／绵阳 ( Miányáng), north Sichuan

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 川 - stream, river
• 县 - county, district, subdivision

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 川 - stream, river
• 縣 - county, district, subdivision