Linhe ( mn, ; ) is the only

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and the seat of the city of

Baynnur Bayannur or Bayannao'er (; mn, ''Bayannaɣur qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic Баяннуур хот) is a prefecture-level city in western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Until 1 December 2003, the area was called Bayannur League. Ba ...

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, situated at the northern loop of the

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, south of the

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range ( south-east of the Huhebashige). The district spans an area of 2,333 square kilometers, and has a population of 555,000 inhabitants as of 2019.

History

The area of present-day Linhe was first incorporated under Emperor Wu of the

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in 127 BCE, and appears by name in Volume 28 of the

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. The area remained sparsely inhabited before the late

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, when an exodus of people from fleeing famine in other provinces, such as

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, and

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, established new agricultural ventures in Linhe. Linhe County was established in 1925. The county was taken by Communist forces on September 19, 1949. Linhe was upgraded to a

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on November 22, 1984. On August 26, 2004, Linhe was changed from a county-level city to a

Climate

On average, the district receives 3,254 hours of sunlight annually, has an annual temperature of 6.8 °C, and experiences 140 frost-free days per year.

Administrative divisions

Linhe District is divided into 11

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, 7

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, 2

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, and 2 township-level farms.

Subdistricts

The district's 11 subdistricts are as follows: * * * * * * * * * * *

Towns

The district's 7 towns are as follows: * *

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* * * * *

Townships

The district's 2 townships are as follows: * *

Township-level farms

The district has 2 farms which operate at the same level as

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, they are as follows: * Langshan Farm *

Economy

In 2019, the district's

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was 29.71 billion Yuan, retail sales totaled, 14.51 billion Yuan,

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reached 33,757 Yuan for urban residents and 20,249 Yuan for rural residents.

Transportation

Linhe lies at the junction the Baotou–Lanzhou and the Linhe–Ceke Railways. Major expressways which pass through Linhe district include National Highway 110, the

G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway The Beijing–Tibet Expressway (), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (), also known as Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingla Expressway; ) or China National Expressway 6, is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to ...

, and the G7 Beijing–Ürümqi Expressway.

References

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