Lindong () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Balin Left Banner,
Chifeng
Chifeng ( zh, s=赤峰市), also known as Ulanhad ( mn, (Улаанхад хот), ''Ulaɣanqada qota'', , "red cliff"), is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the ...
, within the
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
The town has an area of , and a population of 68,000, according to a 2020 publication by the Balin Left Banner government.
The town serves as the administrative seat of the Balin Left Banner.
Geography
Lindong lies adjacent to
Balin Left Banner's urban core.
Large swathes of the town are
forests and
grasslands
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natural ...
.
Climate
The town has a
continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...
, experiencing an average of 3,000 hours of sunshine annually, to of
precipitation
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annually, and 120 to 130
frost
Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) ...
-free days annually.
Administrative divisions
Lindong is divided into 33
administrative villages ().
The town also hosts 125 natural villages (),
which lack jurisdictional authority, and belong to the town's administrative villages. The towns administrative villages are as follows:
* Suobuliga Village ()
* Fushandi Village ()
* Daxinzhuang Village ()
* Xinglongdi Village ()
* Chaoyangyingzi Village ()
* Chaidamu Village ()
* Hantubai Village ()
* Taiping Village ()
* Panlonggang Village ()
* Shanwan Village ()
* Baolihantu Village ()
* Bayi Village ()
* Xianfeng Village ()
* Hongweizhuang Village ()
* Jingzigou Village ()
* Tulonggang Village ()
* Houxinglongdi Village ()
* Longfenggou Village ()
* Xinfangshen Village ()
* Gushanzi Village ()
* Dongxinjing Village ()
* Yamenmiao Village ()
* Suobeishan Village ()
* Shuiquangou Village ()
* Shisanhao Village ()
* Beijing Village ()
* Mantou'aobao Village ()
* Fushan Village ()
* Baiyingou Village ()
* Xinglongzhuang Village ()
* Baiyingaoluo Village ()
* Taipingzhuang Village ()
* Daolaomaodao Village ()
Demographics
Lindong has approximately 18,000
households
A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is impo ...
, hosting a population of about 68,000 people, giving the town an average household size of 3.78 people.
The town's population represents 19% of
Balin Left Banner's total.
Economy
According to the government of the
Balin Left Banner, Lindong is a largely
agricultural
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...
town. The largest industries in the town are vegetable farming, donkey husbandry, and broom production.
The town has about 100
private enterprises, of which, 53 are identified by the
banner
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government as
small and medium enterprises
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.
Agriculture

The
per capita annual
disposable income of the town's farmers and herders in 2019 totaled 12,521 renminbi.
As of 2019, the town raised approximately 190,000 heads of livestock, and grew 3,000
mu of vegetables.
There are six
wholesale markets in Lindong.
Electricity generation
In order to promote economic growth, the banner government has launched a plan to expand agricultural facilities, construct a dam, and build a
photovoltaic power plant within Lindong.
Tourism

The town has a large tourism sector, as it is home to the ruins of , an ancient city which served as the capital of the
Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...
. The Liao Shangjing Museum in the town, just west of the ruins of Shangjing, showcase 113,885 cultural relics, including many representative of the
Khitan culture, the ethnic group the Liao dynasty was run by. The banner government also recognizes
rural tourism as an important economic sector for Lindong.
Transportation
National Highway 305 currently ends in the town, however, as of March 2020, the
Banner
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government is working on a plan to extend it to the township of . Multiple commercial bus providers service a route from Lindong to Beijing, which is approximately 780 kilometers in length.
References
Inner Mongolia
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Chifeng
Township-level divisions of Inner Mongolia