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[update].[1]
Bolo Township
波罗乡 • སྤོ | |
|---|---|
  Bolo Township | |
| Coordinates: 31°11′37″N 98°35′52″E / 31.19361°N 98.59778°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Tibet |
| Prefecture-level city | Chamdo |
| County | Jomda County |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,043.77 km2 (403.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 8,135 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
Administrative divisions
editBolo Township is divided into eight administrative villages.[3]
Culture
editTibetan 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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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