Bohu County
Bohu County
博湖县 باغراش ناھىيىسى | |
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Coordinates: 41°58′49″N 86°37′55″E / 41.9802°N 86.6320°ECoordinates: 41°58′49″N 86°37′55″E / 41.9802°N 86.6320°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Bayingolin |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Bohu County | |||
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Chinese name | |||
Simplified Chinese | 博湖县 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 博湖縣 | ||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||
Simplified Chinese | 博斯腾县 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 博斯騰縣 | ||
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Mongolian name | |||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Бостнуур шянь | ||
Mongolian script | ᠪᠣᠰᠲᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | ||
Uyghur name | |||
Uyghur | باغراش ناھىيىسى | ||
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Bohu County (Chinese: 博湖县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Bagrax County (Uighur: باغراش ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 博斯腾县), is a county in the central part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 3,603 km2 (1,391 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000.
Name[]
The area was first populated by Khoshut Mongolians who settled by the Bosten Lake (Chinese: 博斯騰湖; pinyin: Bósīténg Hú). A county was not officially set up until 1971 and was named Bohu (博湖; BóHú), an abbreviation of Bosten Lake[1]
Subdivisions[]
Towns (镇)
- Bohu (Bagrax) Town (博湖镇 / باغراش بازىرى)
- Bumbut Town (本布图镇 / بۇمبۇت بازىرى)
Townships (乡)
- Bositenghu (Bagrax) Township (博斯腾湖乡 / باغراش يېزىسى)
- Zhagannuo'er (Qakannur) Township (查干诺尔乡 / چاغاننۇر يېزىسى)
- Caikannuo'er (Qekinnur) Township (才坎诺尔乡 / چېكىننۇر يېزىسى)
- Tabanjökin (塔温觉肯乡 / تابانجۆكىن يېزىسى)
- Ulan Jekisin Township (乌兰再格森乡 / ئۇلان جېكىسىن يېزىسى)
XPCC Regiments (Bingtuan / 兵团)
- 25th Corp (兵团二十五团 / 25-تۇەن مەيدانى)
Demographics[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" 博湖县党政信息网-历史沿革. Bohu County People's Government. 2008-05-05. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
Categories:
- County-level divisions of Xinjiang
- Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
- Xinjiang geography stubs