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لینفن

Also known as Linfen Prefecture, Linfen City, city of Linfen, Linfenshi, Linfen Shi, Lin-fen, Lin-fen Prefecture, Lin-fen City

Linfen () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. Linfen City is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, with the remaining branches of Taiyue to the east and the Luliang Mountains to the west. In the middle is a vast river valley plain, with the Fen River mainstream running across the north and south, and the land on both sides is fertile. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of and according to the 2020 Census, a population of 3,976,481 inhabitants of which 959,198 live in the built-up

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Settlement.name: Linfen
Settlement.native_name: 临汾市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.other_name: Pingyang
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: File:J82023 Linfen 20140706-185139.07 Gulou.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Drum Tower of Linfen
Settlement.image_map: Location of Linfen Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Linfen City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Shanxi
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 240
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city centre in Shanxi
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: Linfen municipal government
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County-level divisions