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Bayannur
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Bayannur (Bayan Nur) or '''Bayannao'er' (; Bayannaɣur qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic Баяннуур хот) is a prefecture-level city in western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Until 1 December 2003, the area was called Bayannur League.

Key facts

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Bayannur
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Prefecture-level city
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Bayannur Station
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Location of Baynnur Prefecture within Inner Mongolia (China).svg
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Location of Bayannur City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
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Inner Mongolia
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Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
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240
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Country
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People's Republic of China
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Region
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Inner Mongolia
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Municipal seat
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Linhe District
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CPC Secretary
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Nashunmenghe
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Mayor

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography and climate
  • Demographics
  • Administrative subdivisions
  • Cuisine
  • References
  • External links

Bayannur (Bayan Nur) or '''Bayannao'er' (; Bayannaɣur qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic Баяннуур хот) is a prefecture-level city in western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Until 1 December 2003, the area was called Bayannur League.

Bayannur has an administrative area of . The name of the city in Mongolian means "Rich Lake". As of the 2010 census, the population of Bayannur was 1,669,915; while the city proper, Linhe District, had 520,300 inhabitants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bayannur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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