Boluo County

For the Yuan dynasty minister, see Bolad.

Boluo County 博罗县
County
Guangzhou–Huizhou Expressway in the county
Location in Huizhou City
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Huizhou
County seat	Luoyang (罗阳镇)
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
Simplified Chinese	博罗县
Traditional Chinese	博羅縣
Jyutping	bok4 lo4 jyun6
Hanyu Pinyin	Bóluó Xiàn
Postal	Poklo
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bóluó Xiàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping bok4 lo4 jyun6

Boluo County (Chinese: 博罗县; pinyin: Bóluó Xiàn) is a county of east-central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Huizhou City, 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, it was already one of the many Yue states without a king.

Administrative divisions

Boluo administers 17 towns:

Luoyang (罗阳镇) Gongzhuang (公庄镇) Baitang (柏塘镇) Yangcun (杨村镇) Mabei (麻陂镇) Shiba (石坝镇) Taimei (泰美镇) Longxi (龙溪镇) Yuanzhou (园洲镇) Shiwan (石湾镇)

Longhua (龙华镇) Futian (福田镇) Changning (长宁镇) Huzhen (湖镇镇) Yangqiao (杨侨镇) Guanyinge (观音阁镇) Henghe (横河镇)

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

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 (广梅汕铁路) traverse the entire county.