Boxing County

"Putai County" redirects here. For the former county seat, see Binzhou's Pucheng Subdistrict.

Boxing County is a county of Binzhou in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China.

Boxing County 博兴县
County
Boxing Location of the seat in Shandong
Coordinates: 37°09′16″N 118°06′39″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Binzhou
Established date	923 AD (est.)[1]
Government
• County Party Secretary	Jiao Benqiang (焦本强)
• County Mayor	Yin Meiying (殷梅英)
• County Congress Chairman	Jiao Benqiang (焦本强)
Area [2]
• County	900 km2 (300 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2019)[4]
• County	504,900
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	256500
Area code	0543
GDP	2015
- Total	CNY 31.5 billion $ 4.56 billion
- Per capita	CNY 6,5000 /$ 9,400
- Growth
License plate prefixes	鲁M
Website	www.boxing.gov.cn

Boxing County
Traditional Chinese	博興縣
Simplified Chinese	博兴县
Literal meaning	Amply Rising County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bóxīng Xiàn Wade–Giles Po-hsing Hsien

Former names
Putai at the head of the Yellow River in 1878[5]
Traditional Chinese	蒲台縣
Simplified Chinese	蒲台县
Literal meaning	Bullrush Terrace County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pútái Xiàn Wade–Giles P'u-t'ai Hsien

History

The area of Boxing County was mostly created within the last few millennia and long remained sparsely populated owing to the destructive floods of the Yellow River.

In March 1956, Boxing absorbed most of the former Putai County, although Putai itself now forms the Pucheng area of Binzhou. Putai County had been established in 596.^[a]

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this County is divided to 3 subdistricts and 9 towns.^[6]

Subdistricts

• Chengdong Subdistrict (城东街道)
• Jinqiu Subdistrict (锦秋街道)
• Bochang Subdistrict (博昌街道)

Towns

Caowang (曹王镇) Xingfu (兴福镇) Chenhu (陈户镇) Hubin (湖滨镇) Dianzi (店子镇)

Lüyi (吕艺镇) Chunhua (纯化镇) Pangjia (庞家镇) Qiaozhuang (乔庄镇)

Climate

Climate data for Boxing, elevation 9 m (30 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	3.8 (38.8)	7.6 (45.7)	14.2 (57.6)	21.3 (70.3)	27.0 (80.6)	31.5 (88.7)	32.4 (90.3)	30.9 (87.6)	27.5 (81.5)	21.2 (70.2)	12.8 (55.0)	5.6 (42.1)	19.7 (67.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.6 (29.1)	1.7 (35.1)	7.9 (46.2)	15.0 (59.0)	21.0 (69.8)	25.6 (78.1)	27.6 (81.7)	26.2 (79.2)	21.8 (71.2)	15.2 (59.4)	7.2 (45.0)	0.4 (32.7)	14.0 (57.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−5.7 (21.7)	−2.9 (26.8)	2.7 (36.9)	9.3 (48.7)	15.3 (59.5)	20.2 (68.4)	23.3 (73.9)	22.3 (72.1)	17.1 (62.8)	10.3 (50.5)	2.8 (37.0)	−3.5 (25.7)	9.3 (48.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	5.4 (0.21)	10.3 (0.41)	9.9 (0.39)	26.3 (1.04)	52.1 (2.05)	91.1 (3.59)	155 (6.1)	151.2 (5.95)	43.7 (1.72)	26.8 (1.06)	23.0 (0.91)	6.6 (0.26)	601.4 (23.69)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	2.3	2.9	3.1	5.0	6.5	8.1	10.7	10.2	6.0	5.4	4.1	3.0	67.3
Average snowy days	2.9	2.3	1.1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	2.2	9.3
Average relative humidity (%)	59	56	51	53	57	60	73	78	69	64	63	62	62
Mean monthly sunshine hours	155.4	156.3	201.1	229.0	258.8	227.3	191.2	195.4	194.8	191.6	159.0	151.9	2,311.8
Percentage possible sunshine	50	51	54	58	59	52	43	47	53	56	53	51	52
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

Transportation

• Zibo–Dongying Railway

Notes

1. Given in Chinese sources as the 16th year of the Kaihuang Era of the Sui Dynasty.