Boluo County

Boluo County
Boluo County
Simplified Chinese	博ひろし罗县
Traditional Chinese	博ひろし羅ら縣けん
Jyutping	bok4 lo4-jyun6
Hanyu Pinyin	Bóluó Xiàn
Postal	Poklo
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bóluó Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	bok4 lo4-jyun6

Boluo

博ひろし罗县
Poklo; Polo
Boluo 博ひろし罗县 Poklo; Polo
County
	Guangzhou–Huizhou Expressway in the county
	Boluo in Huizhou
	Huizhou in Guangdong
	Coordinates: 23°10′22″N 114°17′22″E / 23.1728°N 114.2895°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Huizhou
County seat	Luoyang
Area
• Total	2,795 km2 (1,079 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	813,730
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	5161XX
Area code	0752

Boluo County (Chinese: 博ひろし罗县) 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 2009, had a population of 813,700 residing in an area of 2,795 km² (1,079 sq mi). It borders Yuancheng District, Dongyuan and Zijin counties to the northeast, Huiyang and Huicheng Districts to the southeast, Dongguan to the south, Zengcheng 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.^[1] The state's name was transliterated as 縛ばく婁 (Simplified: 缚娄, Fuluo) in Chinese.^[2] and it was located nearby Mount Luofu (羅ら浮山/罗浮山やま). 縛ばく (缚) or 浮 are the hanzi transliteration of the old Yue language's "people", while 羅ら (罗) or 婁 means "cave". The current Boluo (博ひろし罗) is derived from the same old Yue word and therefore means "people in mountain".^[3]

In 214 BCE after the unification of China by Qin, Fuluo County (傅でん羅ら縣けん) 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:

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)^[4]	Area (km²)
Luoyang town	罗阳镇	Luōyáng Zhèn	208,739	251.62
Gongzhuang town	公庄くじょう镇	Gōngzhuāng Zhèn	46,813	299.5
Baitang town	柏かしわ塘镇	Bǎitáng Zhèn	50,013	161.4
Yangcun town	杨村镇	Yángcūn Zhèn	41,958	120
Mabei town	麻あさ陂镇	Mábēi Zhèn	21,690	58.6
Shiba town	石いし坝镇	Shíbà Zhèn	39,149	142
Taimei town	泰美やすみ镇	Tàiměi Zhèn	34,169	183.5
Longxi town	龙溪镇	Lóngxī Zhèn	88,964	115.84
Yuanzhou town	园洲镇	Yuánzhōu Zhèn	146,053	110
Shiwan town	石いし湾わん镇	Shíwān Zhèn	122,802	83
Longhua town	龙华镇	Lónghuá Zhèn	26,009	62
Futian town	福田ふくだ镇	Fútián Zhèn	38,286	86.7
Changning town	长宁镇	Chángníng Zhèn	39,983	117
Huzhen town	湖みずうみ镇镇	Húzhèn Zhèn	56,551	117.3
Yangqiao town	杨侨镇	Yángqiáo Zhèn	29,868	89
Guanyinge town	观音阁镇	Guānyīngé Zhèn	17,309	143
Henghe town	横よこ河かわ镇	Hénghé Zhèn	21,421	232.88

Economy

Boluo County is said to be the home to the country's largest farm for raising the rare "Golden coin turtle" Cuora trifasciata.^[5]

Transport

Guangzhou–Huizhou and Huizhou–Heyuan Expressway [zh] (惠めぐみ河高かわたか速そく公おおやけ路ろ) 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

Climate data for Boluo (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	28.6 (83.5)	31.3 (88.3)	33.2 (91.8)	34.3 (93.7)	35.8 (96.4)	37.9 (100.2)	39.0 (102.2)	38.0 (100.4)	37.7 (99.9)	36.3 (97.3)	33.8 (92.8)	30.2 (86.4)	39.0 (102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.6 (67.3)	20.8 (69.4)	23.3 (73.9)	27.0 (80.6)	30.3 (86.5)	32.1 (89.8)	33.5 (92.3)	33.3 (91.9)	32.3 (90.1)	29.7 (85.5)	25.9 (78.6)	21.3 (70.3)	27.4 (81.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	14.3 (57.7)	16.0 (60.8)	18.8 (65.8)	22.7 (72.9)	26.0 (78.8)	27.9 (82.2)	28.9 (84.0)	28.6 (83.5)	27.6 (81.7)	24.7 (76.5)	20.4 (68.7)	15.7 (60.3)	22.6 (72.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	10.9 (51.6)	12.8 (55.0)	15.8 (60.4)	19.8 (67.6)	23.0 (73.4)	25.1 (77.2)	25.8 (78.4)	25.6 (78.1)	24.4 (75.9)	21.1 (70.0)	16.8 (62.2)	12.1 (53.8)	19.4 (67.0)
Record low °C (°F)	0.1 (32.2)	0.9 (33.6)	2.1 (35.8)	9.3 (48.7)	15.5 (59.9)	18.4 (65.1)	20.2 (68.4)	22.3 (72.1)	16.9 (62.4)	10.0 (50.0)	4.9 (40.8)	−0.1 (31.8)	−0.1 (31.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	47.7 (1.88)	54.9 (2.16)	104.2 (4.10)	208.1 (8.19)	266.0 (10.47)	413.9 (16.30)	258.4 (10.17)	314.3 (12.37)	167.5 (6.59)	41.9 (1.65)	30.1 (1.19)	35.4 (1.39)	1,942.4 (76.46)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	6.4	9.1	12.6	14.3	17.1	19.4	16.5	17.2	12.1	4.7	4.8	5.5	139.7
Average relative humidity (%)	73	76	79	81	81	83	80	81	77	71	71	70	77
Mean monthly sunshine hours	130.4	94.2	84.7	90.7	123.6	143.8	198.3	182.3	187.9	196.3	166.9	149.9	1,749
Percent possible sunshine	39	30	23	24	30	34	46	44	50	57	51	47	40
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[6]^[7]

Notes

^ 资讯 : 人民じんみん日び报：站在缚娄古いにしえ国こく遗址上じょう. China Cultural Artifact Protection Foundation (中国ちゅうごく文物ぶんぶつ保ほ护基金ききん会かい). 2007-08-08. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
^ 谭其骧 (1996). 中国ちゅうごく历史地ち图集（第だい一いち册さつ）：先さき秦しん. 中国ちゅうごく地ち图出版しゅっぱん社しゃ. pp. 45–46.
^ 司つかさ徒と尚なお纪 (1998). 广东政せい区く体系たいけい——历史·现实·改革かいかく. 中山なかやま大学だいがく出版しゅっぱん社しゃ. p. 20. ISBN 9787306014184.
^ Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国ちゅうごく2010人口じんこう普ひろし查分乡、镇、街道かいどう资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
^ 财富人物じんぶつ:金きむ钱龟"中国ちゅうごく第だい一人ひとり" 2007-09-24
^ 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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[1] 资讯 : 人民じんみん日び报：站在缚娄古いにしえ国こく遗址上じょう. China Cultural Artifact Protection Foundation (中国ちゅうごく文物ぶんぶつ保ほ护基金ききん会かい). 2007-08-08. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2010.

[2] 谭其骧 (1996). 中国ちゅうごく历史地ち图集（第だい一いち册さつ）：先さき秦しん. 中国ちゅうごく地ち图出版しゅっぱん社しゃ. pp. 45–46.

[3] 司つかさ徒と尚なお纪 (1998). 广东政せい区く体系たいけい——历史·现实·改革かいかく. 中山なかやま大学だいがく出版しゅっぱん社しゃ. p. 20. ISBN 9787306014184.

[4] Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国ちゅうごく2010人口じんこう普ひろし查分乡、镇、街道かいどう资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

[5] 财富人物じんぶつ:金きむ钱龟"中国ちゅうごく第だい一人ひとり" 2007-09-24

[cma_graphical-6] 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[7] 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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