Bohu County

Bohu County (Chinese: 博湖县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Bagrax County (Uyghur: 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.

Bohu County
博湖县
باغراش ناھىيىسى
County
Bohu County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Bohu County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Coordinates: 41°58′49″N 86°37′55″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureBayingolin
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Bohu County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese博湖县
Traditional Chinese博湖縣
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese博斯腾县
Traditional Chinese博斯騰縣
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicБостнуур шянь
Mongolian scriptᠪᠣᠰᠲᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Uyghur name
Uyghurباغراش ناھىيىسى‎

Name

The area was first populated by Khoshut Mongolians who settled by 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
The proportion of nationalities in Bohu (Bagrax) County, 2018
Nationality Percentage
Han People
 
 61.8%
Uyghurs
 
 18.3%
Hui People
 
 11.4%
Mongols
 
 7.2%
Others
 
 1.3%
Source of the population statistics :[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.


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