Boxing County

Boxing County
Traditional Chinese 博興
Simplified Chinese 博兴
Literal meaning Amply Rising County
Former names

Putai at the head of the Yellow River in 1878[1]
Traditional Chinese 蒲台
Simplified Chinese 蒲台
Literal meaning Bullrush Terrace County
"Putai County" redirects here. For the former county seat, see Binzhou's Pucheng Subdistrict.

Boxing County is a county of Binzhou in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China.

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

Notes

  1. Given in Chinese sources as the 16th year of the Kaihuang Era of the Sui Dynasty.

References

  1. "China", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878.

External links

Coordinates: 37°10′41″N 118°13′34″E / 37.1781°N 118.226°E / 37.1781; 118.226

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