Boxing County
Boxing County is a county of Binzhou in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China.
Boxing County 博兴县 | |
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  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 | |
| • County | 900.7 km2 (347.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • County | 486,500 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 256500 |
| Area code(s) | 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 County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 博興縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 博兴县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Amply Rising County | ||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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 Putai at the head of the Yellow River in 1878[4] | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蒲台縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒲台县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bullrush Terrace County | ||||||||
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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.[lower-alpha 1]
Transportation
- Zibo–Dongying Railway
Notes
- Given in Chinese sources as the 16th year of the Kaihuang Era of the Sui Dynasty.
References
- 博兴县建制沿革 [Boxing County History] (in Chinese). Boxing County Official Website. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- 博兴县自然环境 [Geographical Environment] (in Chinese). Boxing County Official Website. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- Ministry of Public Security (November 2011). 《中华人民共和国全国分县市人口统计资料2010》 (in Chinese). 群众出版社. ISBN 978-7-5014-4917-0.
- "China", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)
- (in Chinese) 博兴县 at Baidu Baike
- (in Chinese) 蒲台县 at Baidu Baike
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