Bohu County is a county under the jurisdiction of the Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang.
Bohu County is located in the central part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in the southeastern part of the Yanqi Basin, in the lower reaches of the Kaidu River, and on the west bank of Bosten Lake. It borders Heshuo County in the northeast, Yanqi County in the northwest, Korla City in the southwest, and Yuli County in the south.
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Bohu was established as a county in 1971 and is named after Bosten Lake, the largest inland freshwater lake in the country.
Bohu County governs 5 townships and 2 towns, with 29 village committees and 119 village groups, with a total administrative area of ??3,593 square kilometers.
The water area is 1,646 square kilometers, accounting for 43.2% of the total area; at the end of 2019, the registered population of Bohu County was 58,671.
It is composed of 18 ethnic groups including Han, Mongolian, Uighur and Hui.
The natural resources of Bohu County: 1. Water resources The total water area of ??Bosten Lake is 1,646 square kilometers, accounting for 43% of the total area of ??the county, and is divided into large lake area and small lake area.
The total capacity of the lake area is nearly 10 billion cubic meters. It has a significant regulating effect on the climate of the Yanqi Basin. It can moderate temperature changes, increase precipitation, reduce evaporation, prevent hot and dry winds from attacking, and directly affect the biological composition of the surrounding lake area. It is the natural environment of the Yanqi Basin.
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The Kaidu River flows through Bo Lake, with an annual runoff of 3.3 billion cubic meters. When it flows through Baolangsumu, it branches into the east and west branches. The east branch flows into the Great Lakes area, and the west branch flows into the small lake area in the southwest.
2. Land resources The total land area of ??Bohu County is 2,007.7 square kilometers, accounting for 53.92% of the total area of ??the county. The mountainous area is 680 square kilometers, the plain area is 1,360 square kilometers, and the total desert area is 691 square kilometers.
Among them, the Kaidu River Delta has a land area of ??417 square kilometers and a cultivated area of ??202,000 acres. The land is fertile, the irrigation water source is sufficient and convenient, and the climate is humid and mild, suitable for the growth of various crops.