Bolo Township, Jomda County

Bolo Township
波罗乡སྤོ
Bolo Township is located in Tibet
Bolo Township
Bolo Township
Coordinates: 31°11′37″N 98°35′52″E / 31.19361°N 98.59778°E / 31.19361; 98.59778
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
CountyJomda County
Area
 • Total1,043.77 km2 (403.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total8,135
 • Density7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)

Bolo Township (སྤོ་, simplified Chinese: 波罗乡; traditional Chinese: 波羅鄉; pinyin: Bōluó Xiāng) is a township in Jomda County, Chamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[2] Bolo Township spans an area of 1,043.77 square kilometres (403.00 sq mi), and has a population of 8,135 as of 2018.[1]

Administrative divisions[edit]

Bolo Township is divided into eight administrative villages.[3]

  • Guse Village (Chinese: 古色村)
  • Chongsang Village (Chinese: 冲桑村)
  • Waichong Village (Chinese: 外冲村)
  • Adang Village (Chinese: 阿当村)
  • Reduo Village (Chinese: 热多村)
  • Epeng Village (Chinese: 俄彭村)
  • Ningba Village (Chinese: 宁巴村)
  • Bogong Village (Chinese: 波公村)

Culture[edit]

Tibetan woodblock printing reportedly has its origins in a village in Bolo Township.[4] The village has 60 woodblock artists who practice woodblock printing for more than eight months per year.[4] The village's artists state that the art has been practiced in their village for over 300 years.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 中国县域统计年鉴·2019(乡镇卷) (in Chinese). Beijing: 中国统计出版社, 国家统计局农村社会经济调查司. May 2020. p. 599. ISBN 9787503791390.
  2. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ^ a b c "Tibetan woodblock art preserved in remote village". en.chinaculture.org. 2020-09-24. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.