Lin County
Lin County or Linxian is a county in the west of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. It is under the administration of Lüliang city.
- City with about 395,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,090 metres (3,590 feet)
- Description: county
- Also known as“Lin County, Shanxi”“Lin Hsien”“Lin Xian”“临”
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Latitude
37.9505° or 37° 57′ 2″ north
Longitude
110.9865° or 110° 59′ 12″ east
Open location code
8P9GXX2P+5J
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Lin County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lin Xian (gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
- Cebuano: “Lin Xian”
- Chinese: “Lín Xiàn”
- Chinese: “临县”
- Dutch: “Lin”
- French: “Lin Xian”
- French: “Xian de Lin”
- Gan Chinese: “临县”
- German: “Lin”
- Italian: “Contea di Lin”
- Japanese: “臨県”
- Korean: “린현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lîm-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lin”
- Norwegian: “Lin”
- Persian: “شهرستان لین”
- Russian: “Линьсянь”
- Spanish: “Lin”
- Swedish: “Lin, Lüliang”
- Swedish: “Lin”
- Urdu: “لین کاؤنٹی، شنسی”
- Urdu: “لین کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Lâm, Lữ Lương”
- Vietnamese: “Lâm”
- Wu Chinese: “临县”
- Yue Chinese: “臨縣”
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