Bulungkol

English

Map including Bulungkol (DMA, 1983) (center right)

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur بۇلۇڭكۆل (bulungköl).

Proper noun

Bulungkol

1. A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang, China.
   • 1996, Yu-sheng Pan, Geological Evolution of the Karakorum and Kunlun Mountains‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 242:

     The second fault is located between Gez (No. 4) and Bulungkol (No. 5).

   • 2009, Hans-Wilm Schütte, China‎^[2], Baedeker, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 386:

     On the way there, the route passes Bulungkol, a broad flood plain at the confluence of two rivers, which is flanked by massive sandstone hills topped by snowy peaks. On the journey it is essential to take a passport to avoid being sent back from the Gezcun border control centre, which actually comes before Bulungkol and where photographs are strictly prohibited.

   • [2009, Vaughn Nelson, “Applications and Wind Industry”, in Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment‎^[3], CRC Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 211:

     Since then, China leads the world in installation of renewable village systems, of which 100 include wind. One example is the electrification of five villages in Bulunkou Township (Table 10.6) in Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, China [34, chap. 5].]

   • 2017 April 12, Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin, “Six Dead, Four Injured in Two Successive Suicide Attacks in China’s Xinjiang”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[4], archived from the original on 31 May 2017:

     Authorities are promoting the letter mainly in villages in border areas, such as Muji and Bulungkol in Akto (in Chinese, Aketao) county, he said.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Bulunkou

Translations

township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布倫口／布伦口 (Bùlúnkǒu)

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