Zitong County
Zitong County is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang.
It has an area of, and a population of in 2002. Its seat is from Chengdu, and from Mianyang. It was made a county.
Famous people include: Sima Xiangru, Pu Fuzhou, Hai Deng, Li Youxing.Zitong has three historical sites listed in the official list of Chinese national historic sites.:
Zitong, like neighbouring counties, was located near the epicentre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Zitong was partly destroyed, the infrastructure was destroyed drinking water was not available.
Also the Qiqushan Temple, who is since 1996 on the official list of Chinese national historical sites was partly destroyed by the earthquake.
