Boluo County


Boluo County is a county of east-central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huizhou, and in 2020, had a population of 1,210,878 residing in an area of. It borders Yuancheng District, Dongyuan and Zijin counties to the northeast, Huiyang and Huicheng Districts to the southeast, Dongguan to the south, Zengcheng District to the west, and Longmen County to the northwest.

History

In Lüshi Chunqiu, the current Boluo used to be one of the many Yue states without a king before Qin dynasty. The state's name was transliterated as 縛婁 in Chinese. and it was located nearby Mount Luofu. 縛 or 浮 are the hanzi transliteration of the old Yue language's "people", while 羅 or 婁 means "cave". The current Boluo is derived from the same old Yue word and therefore means "people in mountain".
In 214 BCE after the unification of China by Qin, Fuluo County was established. Its name was altered to Boluo under the Emperor Wu of Jin's rule in 280 CE.

Administrative divisions

Boluo administers 17 towns:
NameChinese Hanyu PinyinPopulation Area
Luoyang townLuōyáng Zhèn208,739251.62
Gongzhuang townGōngzhuāng Zhèn46,813299.5
Baitang townBǎitáng Zhèn50,013161.4
Yangcun townYángcūn Zhèn41,958120
Mabei townMábēi Zhèn21,69058.6
Shiba townShíbà Zhèn39,149142
Taimei townTàiměi Zhèn34,169183.5
Longxi townLóngxī Zhèn88,964115.84
Yuanzhou townYuánzhōu Zhèn146,053110
Shiwan townShíwān Zhèn122,80283
Longhua townLónghuá Zhèn26,00962
Futian townFútián Zhèn38,28686.7
Changning townChángníng Zhèn39,983117
Huzhen townHúzhèn Zhèn56,551117.3
Yangqiao townYángqiáo Zhèn29,86889
Guanyinge townGuānyīngé Zhèn17,309143
Henghe townHénghé Zhèn21,421232.88

Economy

Boluo County is said to be the home to the country's largest farm for raising the rare "Golden coin turtle" Cuora trifasciata.

Transport

and intersect within the county, and China National Highways 205 and 324 as well as the Beijing–Kowloon and Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railways traverse the entire county.

Climate