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Also known as Lianxian, Lian

Lianzhou (), formerly Lian County or Lianxian (postal: Linhsien; ), is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China, and is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Qingyuan. It is known as the host city of the Lianzhou International Photography Festival (LIPF) and as a historic and cultural landmark of Guangdong Province.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Lianzhou
Settlement.native_name_lang
zh-hans
Settlement.settlement_type
County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline
Lienchow 20140617 7.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Lianzhou map2005.jpg
Settlement.map_caption
Lianzhou in Qingyuan
Settlement.pushpin_map
China Guangdong
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Guangdong
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Townships
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Guangdong
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Qingyuan
Settlement.subdivision_name3
12
Settlement.area_total_km2
2663.33
Settlement.population_total
367859

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Administrative divisions
  • Population
  • Cityscape
  • Natural features
  • Cultural sites
  • References
  • External links

Lianzhou (), formerly Lian County or Lianxian (postal: Linhsien; ), is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China, and is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Qingyuan. It is known as the host city of the Lianzhou International Photography Festival (LIPF) and as a historic and cultural landmark of Guangdong Province.

==History== Lianzhou became part of the Changsha Commandery during the Qin dynasty. During the Han dynasty, which began in 206 BC, the Yangxian prefecture consisted of three cities: Lianzhou, Liannan, and Lianshan. Emperor Kaihuang later put Lianzhou in the Ben prefecture during the Sui dynasty (581–618 AD).

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

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