Bohu County


Bohu County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Bagrax County, 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. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000.

Etymology

The area was first populated by Khoshut Mongolians who settled by Bosten Lake. A county was not officially set up until 1971 and was named Bohu, an abbreviation of "Bosten Lake".

Subdivisions

Bohu County is made up of 2 towns and 5 townships.
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