# Bobai County

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{{Redirect|Bobai|the dialect|Bobai dialect}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bobai County
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|博白县}} · {{lang|za|Bozbwz Yen}}}}
|other_name = Pokpak
|postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/Postal_code_of_China)
|settlement_type = [County](/source/County_(People's_Republic_of_China))
|image_skyline = 
|image_map = 
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = China Guangxi
|pushpin_label = Bobai
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Guangxi
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [China](/source/China)
|subdivision_type1 = [Autonomous region](/source/Autonomous_regions_of_China)
|subdivision_name1 = [Guangxi](/source/Guangxi)
|subdivision_type2 = [Prefecture-level city](/source/Prefecture-level_city)
|subdivision_name2 = [Yulin](/source/Yulin%2C_Guangxi)
| 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 = {{coord|22.2758|N|109.972|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-45|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 
|elevation_m = 
|timezone = [China Standard](/source/China_Standard_Time)
|utc_offset = +8
|website =
}}
'''Bobai''' ({{zh|c=博白 |p=Bóbái}}; [Zhuang](/source/Standard_Zhuang): ''{{lang|za|Bozbwz}}'') is a county of [Guangxi](/source/Guangxi), China. It is under the administration of [Yulin](/source/Yulin%2C_Guangxi) city.

Bobai was the home town of the linguist [Wang Li](/source/Wang_Li_(linguist)), who described the [Bobai dialect](/source/Bobai_dialect) with its unusually large number of [tone](/source/tone_(linguistics))s.

==Administrative divisions==
Bobai County is divided into 28 towns:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/09/450923.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：博白县| publisher = [National Bureau of Statistics of China](/source/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_China)| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}</ref>
* Bobai 博白镇
* Shuangfeng 双凤镇
* Dungu 顿谷镇
* Shuiming 水鸣镇
* Nalin 那林镇
* [Jiangning](/source/Jiangning%2C_Guangxi) 江宁镇
* Santan 三滩镇
* Huangling 黄凌镇
* Yashan 亚山镇
* Wangmao 旺茂镇
* Dongping 东平镇
* Shahe 沙河镇
* Lingjiao 菱角镇
* Xintian 新田镇
* Fengshan 凤山镇
* Ningtan 宁潭镇
* Wendi 文地镇
* Yingqiao 英桥镇
* Nabu 那卜镇
* Dadong 大垌镇
* Shabei 沙陂镇
* Shuangwang 双旺镇
* Songwang 松旺镇
* Longtan 龙潭镇
* [Daba](/source/Daba%2C_Guangxi) 大坝镇
* Yong'an 永安镇
* Jingkou 径口镇
* Langping 浪平镇

==Transportation==
The county is served by the [Yulin–Tieshangang railway](/source/Yulin%E2%80%93Tieshangang_railway). The railway opened for freight service in May 2015. Passenger service to [Bobai railway station](/source/Bobai_railway_station) started on April 1, 2016.<ref>[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]. ''Huochepiao.com''. March 18, 2016. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325101108/http://news.huochepiao.com/2016-3/201631809464941.htm |date=March 25, 2016 }}.</ref>

==Contestation and protests==

In May 2007, Bobai was the site of large protests held by local people against China's [one-child policy](/source/one-child_policy),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9417|title=Fresh protests in Guangxi against the one child policy|date=31 May 2007|website=PME Asia News}}</ref> and triggered the protest in [Yangmei](/source/Yangmei%2C_Rong_County), Rongxian.

The small office of a grassroots [non-governmental organization](/source/non-governmental_organization) (NGO) for [sex workers' rights](/source/sex_workers'_rights) was ransacked and its leader [Ye Haiyan](/source/Ye_Haiyan) was also attacked.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/31/china-s-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights.html | title=China's Sex-Worker Warrior Ye Haiyan Fights for Prostitutes' Rights | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=31 July 2012 | last1=Mooney | first1=Paul |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426023925/https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-sex-worker-warrior-ye-haiyan-fights-for-prostitutes-rights/ |archive-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location = Bobai, elevation {{convert|86|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
|Jan high C = 	18.1
|Feb high C = 	19.8
|Mar high C = 	22.5
|Apr high C = 	27.1
|May high C = 	30.8
|Jun high C = 	32.2
|Jul high C = 	32.8
|Aug high C = 	32.9
|Sep high C = 	31.9
|Oct high C = 	29.3
|Nov high C = 	25.4
|Dec high C = 	20.6
|Jan mean C = 	13.9
|Feb mean C = 	15.8
|Mar mean C = 	18.7
|Apr mean C = 	23.2
|May mean C = 	26.4
|Jun mean C = 	27.9
|Jul mean C = 	28.2
|Aug mean C = 	28.1
|Sep mean C = 	27.0
|Oct mean C = 	24.3
|Nov mean C = 	20.3
|Dec mean C = 	15.7
|Jan low C = 	11.1
|Feb low C = 	13.1
|Mar low C = 	16.1
|Apr low C = 	20.5
|May low C = 	23.5
|Jun low C = 	25.2
|Jul low C = 	25.4
|Aug low C = 	25.2
|Sep low C = 	23.9
|Oct low C = 	20.9
|Nov low C = 	16.8
|Dec low C = 	12.5
|Jan record high C = 28.5 |Jan record low C = 2.3
|Feb record high C = 31.4 |Feb record low C = 2.3
|Mar record high C = 33.6 |Mar record low C = 3.3
|Apr record high C = 35.6 |Apr record low C = 9.0
|May record high C = 35.9 |May record low C = 15.0
|Jun record high C = 36.9 |Jun record low C = 18.5
|Jul record high C = 38.9 |Jul record low C = 20.6
|Aug record high C = 37.6 |Aug record low C = 21.5
|Sep record high C = 36.6 |Sep record low C = 15.7
|Oct record high C = 35.0 |Oct record low C = 10.1
|Nov record high C = 33.1 |Nov record low C = 4.8
|Dec record high C = 29.8 |Dec record low C = 2.1
|year high C=  |year low C= 
|year high F = |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	54.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 	46.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 	80.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 	151.9
|May precipitation mm = 	234.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 	272.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 	321.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 	268.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 	172.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 	82.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 	59.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 	39.1
|Jan humidity = 	77
|Feb humidity = 	79
|Mar humidity = 	83
|Apr humidity = 	82
|May humidity = 	81
|Jun humidity = 	83
|Jul humidity = 	82
|Aug humidity = 	83
|Sep humidity = 	79
|Oct humidity = 	74
|Nov humidity = 	72
|Dec humidity = 	71
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 	9.6
|Feb precipitation days = 	11.0
|Mar precipitation days = 	15.3
|Apr precipitation days = 	14.5
|May precipitation days = 	17.3
|Jun precipitation days = 	19.5
|Jul precipitation days = 	18.9
|Aug precipitation days = 	18.5
|Sep precipitation days = 	13.6
|Oct precipitation days = 	6.6
|Nov precipitation days = 	6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 	7.2
|year precipitation days = 	
|Jan sun = 	86.0
|Feb sun = 	66.2
|Mar sun = 	58.7
|Apr sun = 	90.3
|May sun = 	151.3
|Jun sun = 	156.6
|Jul sun = 	191.6
|Aug sun = 	191.3
|Sep sun = 	189.1
|Oct sun = 	196.4
|Nov sun = 	156.2
|Dec sun = 	131.6
|year sun = 	
| Jan percentsun = 	25
| Feb percentsun = 	20
| Mar percentsun = 	16
| Apr percentsun = 	24
| May percentsun = 	37
| Jun percentsun = 	39
| Jul percentsun = 	47
| Aug percentsun = 	48
| Sep percentsun = 	52
| Oct percentsun = 	55
| Nov percentsun = 	47
| Dec percentsun = 	39
| year percentsun =	
|source 1 = [China Meteorological Administration](/source/China_Meteorological_Administration)<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=[China Meteorological Administration](/source/China_Meteorological_Administration) |language = zh-hans |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref><ref>
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==References==
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{{County-level divisions of Guangxi}}

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Category:Bobai County
Category:Counties of Guangxi
Category:Yulin, Guangxi

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