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Linzhou, Henan
Linzhou (), formerly Lin County or Linxian (()), is a county-level city in Anyang, Henan, China. Adjacent to Shanxi Province and Hebei Province, it is located in the north of Henan Province and at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains. It covers an area of 2046 square kilometers and has a population of about one million. Linzhou is well known for its Red Flag Canal, which was constructed in the 1960s. Administrative divisions As 2012, this city is divided to 4 subdistricts, 13 towns and 3 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships *Chadian Township () * Chengjiao Township () *Shiban Township Shiban (Sheiban) or Shayban ( mn, Шибан, ''Shiban'', also spelled ''Siban''; uz, Shaybon / Шайбон) was a prince of the early Golden Horde. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan, the fifth son of Jochi and a younger brother of Batu Kha ... () Climate See also * Linzhou Steel References External links Government website of Linzhou {{authority control County-le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judicial but no legislative rights over their own local law and are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity and a county which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated counties. County-level cities are not "cities" in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size of their urban, built-up area. This is because the counties that county-level cities ... |