Bobai County Explained

Bobai County
Other Name:Pokpak
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Guangxi
Pushpin Label:Bobai
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Guangxi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Guangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Yulin
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Bobai Town
Area Total Km2:3836
Population Total:1,390,612
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:22.2758°N 109.972°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Bobai (; Zhuang: Zhuang; Chuang: Bozbwz) is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Yulin city.

Bobai was the home town of the linguist Wang Li, who described the Bobai dialect with its unusually large number of tones.

Administrative divisions

Bobai County is divided into 28 towns:[1]

Transportation

The county is served by the Yulin–Tieshangang railway. The railway opened for freight service in May 2015. Passenger service to Bobai railway station started on April 1, 2016.[2]

Contestation and protests

In May 2007, Bobai was the site of large protests held by local people against China's one-child policy,[3] and triggered the protest in Yangmei, Rongxian.

The small office of a grassroots NGO for sex workers' rights was ransacked and its leader Ye Haiyan was also attacked.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/09/450923.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:博白县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
  2. http://news.huochepiao.com/2016-3/201631809464941.htm 南宁至博白旅客列车将开通 全程307公里运行4小时
  3. News: Fresh protests in Guangxi against the one child policy. 31 May 2007. PME Asia News.
  4. News: China's Sex-Worker Warrior Ye Haiyan Fights for Prostitutes' Rights . The Daily Beast . 31 July 2012 . Mooney . Paul .