Linhe District 临河区 •ᠯᠢᠨ ᠾᠧ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ Linho
District
Linhe in Bayannur
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Coordinates (Linhe District government):40°45′04″N107°21′50″E / 40.751°N 107.364°E /40.751; 107.364
Country	China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Bayannur
District seat	Xinhua Subdistrict
Area [1]
• District	2,333 km2 (901 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1][2]
• District	582,206
• Density	249.6/km2 (646.3/sq mi)
• Urban	385,800
• Rural	169,200
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.linhe.gov.cn

Linhe (Mongolian:ᠯᠢᠨ ᠾᠧ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ;Chinese:临河区) is the onlydistrict and the seat of the city ofBaynnur,Inner Mongolia, situated at the northern loop of theYellow River, south of theLang Shan range (70 km or 43 mi south-east of theHuhebashige). The district spans an area of 2,333 square kilometers, and has a population of 555,000 inhabitants as of 2019.^[1]

The area of present-day Linhe was first incorporated underEmperor Wu of theHan dynasty in 127 BCE, and appears by name in Volume 28 of theBook of Han.^[1]

The area remained sparsely inhabited before the lateMing dynasty, when an exodus of people from fleeing famine in other provinces, such asShanxi,Shaanxi, andShandong, established new agricultural ventures in Linhe.^[1]

Linhe County was established in 1925.^[1]

The county was taken by Communist forces on September 19, 1949.^[1]

Linhe was upgraded to acounty-level city on November 22, 1984.^[1]

On August 26, 2004, Linhe was changed from a county-level city to adistrict.^[1]

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.^[1]

Linhe District is divided into 11subdistricts, 7towns, and 2townships.^[1][3]

Others:

• Langshan Farm (狼山农场)
• Linhe Farm (临河农场)

In 2019, the district'sGDP was 29.71 billion Yuan, retail sales totaled, 14.51 billion Yuan,disposable income reached 33,757 Yuan for urban residents and 20,249 Yuan for rural residents.^[1]

Linhe lies at the junction theBaotou–Lanzhou and theLinhe–Ceke Railways.^[1]

Major expressways which pass through Linhe district includeNational Highway 110, theG6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway, and theG7 Beijing–Ürümqi Expressway.^[1]

• County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
• Bayannur

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