Linfen

Linfen is a city of . Linfen prefecture is home to several notable tourist attractions including the Hukou Waterfall which is the largest waterfall on the Yellow River and the second largest in China.
  • City with about 3,980,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 450 metres (1,480 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LFQ
  • …is named after 旧称“平阳”,隋开皇年间为避杨坚讳而改名“临汾”,取滨临汾河之意
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province, China
  • Also known as
    “city of Lin-fen”
    “Lin-fen City”
    “Lin-fen Prefecture”
    “Lin-fen Shih”
    “Lin-fen Ti-ch’u”
    “Lin-fen-hsien”
    “Linfen Shi”
    “Pingyang”
    “Pingyangfu”
    “Saratsi”
    “Yaodu Qu”
  • Historically known as
    “临汾地区”
    “平阳”

Places of Interest

Discover Tiefo Temple.
Buddhist temple
is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiefanglu and Liucun.
Suburb
Jiefang Road Subdistrict is a subdistrict in , Linfen, , China.
Town
is a town in , Linfen, province, China.
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Latitude
36.0833° or 36° 4′ 60″ north
Longitude
111.5083° or 111° 30′ 30″ east
Open location code
8P8H3GM5+88
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Linfen” goes by many names.
لينفنArabic
LinfenAsturian
LinfenBasque
লিনফেনBengali
LinfenCatalan
Línfén ShìChinese
临汾Chinese
临汾市Chinese
尧都区Chinese
平阳Chinese
平阳府Chinese
臨汾Chinese
臨汾市Chinese
Lin-fenCzech
LinfenDanish
LinfenDutch
LinfenEsperanto
LinfenEstonian
Linfen ShiEstonian
LinfenFinnish
临汾市Gan Chinese
ლინფენიGeorgian
ΛινφένGreek
લિનફેનGujarati
לינפןHebrew
लिन्फ़ेनHindi
LinfenHungarian
LinfenIndonesian
LinfenIrish
LinfenItalian
りんふんしJapanese
臨汾市Japanese
ಲಿನ್ಫೆನ್Kannada
LinfenKikuyu
린펀 시Korean
LinfenLatvian
LinfenasLithuanian
LinfenMalagasy
LinfenMalay
लिंफेनMarathi
Lìng-hŭngMin Dong Chinese
Lîm-hun-chhīMin Nan Chinese
LinfenNorwegian
LinfenNorwegian Bokmål
LinfenNorwegian Nynorsk
LinfenOccitan (post 1500)
لینفنPersian
LinfenPolish
ЛиньфыньRussian
ЛиньфэньRussian
ЛинфенSerbian
ලින්ෆෙන්Sinhala
LinfenSwedish
லின்பெண்Tamil
లిన్ ఫెన్Telugu
หลินเฟินThai
LinfenTurkish
ЛіньфеньUkrainian
ЛіньфиньUkrainian
لینفینUrdu
LinfenVenetian
Lâm PhầnVietnamese
LinfenWaray (Philippines)
LinfenWelsh
临汾市Wu Chinese
臨汾Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Yangguang and Shanghui.
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”

Shanxi: Highlights

Learn more about Taiyuan and Datong.