Lin'an District () is one of ten urban districts of the

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, the capital of

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. It is located in northwest Zhejiang as a separate urban area of Hangzhou, and borders

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province to the west and northwest. Lin'an held a population of 573,100 in 2014, over an area of . The postal code is 311300, and the phone area code 0571. May 2015, Lin'an was listed as the Top 100 Economic Potential City/County, ranking 73. Lin'an also voted as No. 16 Innovative County. After the promotion of Fuyang District, Lin'an was converted into the 10th district of Hangzhou . The Lin'an government is located at 398 Yijin Street. Lin'an is rich in natural resources, abundant in rainfall, and has a warm climate. All of these factors work together allowing the district to be covered with 71.3% forest. Such an ecological environment breeds more than 4,700 biological species. Mountains, lakes, forest, hot springs, caves, and other ancient remains are everywhere. The district's Daming Mountain and Tianmu Mountain are its well-known attractions.

Geography and climate

The climate in Lin'an is

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and humid subtropical monsoon. The annual average temperature is with of precipitation.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Jincheng Subdistrict (锦城街道),

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(玲珑街道), Shanggan Subdistrict (上甘街道),

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(青山湖街道),

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(锦北街道) Towns: * Banqiao (板桥镇), Gaohong (高虹镇),

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(太湖镇), Yuqian (於潜镇),

Tianmushan Tianmu Mountain, Mount Tianmu, or Tianmushan () is a mountain in Lin'an County west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, in eastern China. It is made up of two peaks: West Tianmu () and East Tianmu (). Twin ponds near the top of the peaks led to the name o ...

(天目山镇), Taiyang (太阳镇), Qianchuan (潜川镇),

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(昌化镇), Longgang (龙岗镇), Heqiao (河桥镇), Tuankou (湍口镇), Qingliangfeng (清凉峰镇), Daoshi (岛石镇) Townships: * Huanshan Township (环山乡), Huyuan Township (湖源乡),

Shangguan Township Shangguan is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese words and names, and may refer to: * Shangguan (surname), a Chinese compound surname * Shangguan, Dali (上关镇, ''Shàngguān zhèn''), a town in Dali, Yunnan, China * (上莞镇 ...

(上官乡), Yushan Township (渔山乡), Chunjian Township (春建乡), Xintong Township (新桐乡)

Economy

Tourism

* Daming Mountain * Tianmu Mountain * Qingshan Lake

Education

Higher education

* Zhejiang A&F University

Public primary and secondary education

* Linan High School * Yuqian High School * Changhua High School * Jincheng NO.1 Middle School * Jincheng NO.2 Middle School * Jincheng NO.4 Middle School * Yijin Elementary School * Chenxi Elementary School * Chengbei Elementary School * Chengnan Elementary School * Shijing Elementary School

Private and alternative education

* Hangzhou Tianmu Foreign Language School

Transport

Lin'an is connected to the main urban area of Hangzhou through Line 16 of the

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and the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway.

Notable people

Qian Liu Qian Liu (10 March 852Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter

(852-932), known as Qian Poliu during his childhood, was a warlord of the late Tang dynasty who founded the Wuyue kingdom. * Dong Chang (died 896), warlord who became a short-lived emperor in modern Zhejiang. *

Qian Xuesen Qian Xuesen, or Hsue-Shen Tsien (; 11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009), was a Chinese mathematician, cyberneticist, aerospace engineer, and physicist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineer ...

, ancestral home in Zhejiang.

References

External links

Official website of Lin'an GovernmentAmateur Photo Gallery of LinanMandarin Capital Chinese Language Institute
{{authority control Geography of Hangzhou Districts of Zhejiang