Bayannur

Bayannur
巴彦淖尔市 • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Linhe District, the seat of Bayannur
Linhe District, the seat of Bayannur
Location of Bayannur City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Location of Bayannur City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Bayannur is located in Inner Mongolia
Bayannur
Bayannur
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates (Bayannur municipal government): 40°44′35″N 107°23′13″E / 40.743°N 107.387°E / 40.743; 107.387
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionInner Mongolia
Municipal seatLinhe District
Government
 • CPC SecretaryNashunmenghe
 • MayorHe Yonglin
Area
 • Prefecture-level city65,788 km2 (25,401 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
80.51 km2 (31.09 sq mi)
 • Districts[1]2,354.0 km2 (908.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Prefecture-level city1,669,915
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
385,700
 • Urban density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
 • Districts[1]
608,000
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 88.7 billion
US$ 14.2 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 52,987
US$ 8,507
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
015000
Area code0478
ISO 3166 codeCN-NM-08
Websitebynr.gov.cn
Bayannur
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese巴彦淖尔
Traditional Chinese巴彥淖爾
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāyànnào'ěr
Wade–GilesPa1-yen4-nao4-erh3
IPA[pájɛ̂nnâʊàɚ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicБаяннуур хот
Mongolian scriptᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCBayannaɣur qota

Bayannur or Bayannao'er (Chinese: 巴彦淖尔市; pinyin: bāyànnàoěr; Mongolian: 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 65,788 km2 (25,401 sq mi). 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.[3]

The city is served by the Bayannur Tianjitai Airport.

  1. ^ a b c d Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 内蒙古自治区统计局、国家统计局内蒙古调查总队 (2016). 《内蒙古统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7901-5.
  3. ^ 2010年巴彦淖尔市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Chinese (China)). Bayannur People's Government. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2012.