Baiyin
Sign in to saveBaiyin () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Gansu province, People's Republic of China. Established in the 1950s as a base for mining non-ferrous metals, its mines are becoming exhausted in recent decades, requiring the city to reinvent its economy. Located around from Gansu's capital Lanzhou, it is part of the Lanzhou-Baiyin Economic Belt.
Key facts
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- Baiyin
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- 白银市
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- Prefecture-level city
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- (Copper City)
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- Clockwise from top: Xicheng District at night, the Yellow River Stone Forest, Yinfeng Lake, Wenyuan Pavilion at night, and an ore train from the Baiyin zinc mine to the refinery.
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- Location of Baiyin Prefecture within Gansu (China).png
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- Location of Baiyin Prefecture within Gansu
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- Gansu#China
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- top
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- Location of the city center in Gansu##Location of the city in China
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- Country
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- Region
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- Gansu
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- Municipal seat
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- Baiyin District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20100
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 3345
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Baiyin () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Gansu province, People's Republic of China. Established in the 1950s as a base for mining non-ferrous metals, its mines are becoming exhausted in recent decades, requiring the city to reinvent its economy. Located around from Gansu's capital Lanzhou, it is part of the Lanzhou-Baiyin Economic Belt.
==Geography and climate== thumb|Yellow River Stone forest canyon Baiyin is part loess plateau, part desert. Elevation ranges from above sea-level. The prefecture-level city has either a cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) or a cool semi-arid climate (BSk) is very arid with only of annual precipitation. Annual evaporation is resulting in a net loss of approximately . The Yellow River flows from south to north for through Baiyin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baiyin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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