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Boluo County
County in Guangdong, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boluo County (simplified Chinese: 博罗县; traditional Chinese: 博羅縣) 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 2,795 km2 (1,079 sq mi).[1] 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.
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History
In Lüshi Chunqiu, the current Boluo used to be one of the many Yue states without a king before Qin dynasty.[2] The state's name was transliterated as 縛婁 (Simplified: 缚娄, Fuluo) in Chinese.[3] and it was located nearby Mount Luofu (羅浮山/罗浮山). 縛 (缚) or 浮 are the hanzi transliteration of the old Yue language's "people", while 羅 (罗) or 婁 means "cave". The current Boluo (博罗) is derived from the same old Yue word and therefore means "people in mountain".[4]
In 214 BCE after the unification of China by Qin, Fuluo County (傅羅縣) was established. Its name was altered to Boluo under the Emperor Wu of Jin's rule in 280 CE.
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Administrative divisions
Boluo administers 17 towns:
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Economy
Boluo County is said to be the home to the country's largest farm for raising the rare "Golden coin turtle" Cuora trifasciata.[6]
Transport
Guangzhou–Huizhou and Huizhou–Heyuan Expressway (惠河高速公路) 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.
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