Bohu County (Chinese: 博湖县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Bagrax County (Uyghur: باغراش ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 博斯腾县), is a county in the central part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.
The area was first populated by Khoshut Mongolians who settled by Bosten Lake (Chinese: 博斯騰湖; pinyin: Bósīténg Hú).
A county was not officially set up until 1971 and was named Bohu (博湖; Bóhú), an abbreviation of "Bosten Lake".
[2] Bohu County is made up of 2 towns and 5 townships.
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