North China
Shanxi
Luliang

Lin County

Lin County or Linxian is a county in the west of province, China, bordering province to the west. It is under the administration of city.
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  • Type: City with 121,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Lin”, “Lin County, Shanxi”, “Lin Hsien”, “Linxian”, and “临”

Lin County

Latitude
37.9505° or 37° 57′ 2″ north
Longitude
110.9865° or 110° 59′ 12″ east
Population
121,000
Elevation
1,094 metres (3,589 feet)
Open location code
8P9GXX2P+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5232518498
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1803328
Wiki­data ID
Q570324
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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: “Lîm-koān”
  • Chinese: “临县”
  • Chinese: “臨縣”
  • Dutch: “Lin”
  • French: “Lin”
  • French: “xian de Lin”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lin County”. Photo: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.