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Lianzhou

Eastern Asia

Lianzhou, formerly Lian County or Lianxian, is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China, and 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 and as a historic and cultural landmark of Guangdong Province. Its name is written 连州 in simplified Chinese and Lin4zau1 in Jyutping romanization, and its former name Lian County records that it was once a county.

Facts
Population
92,827 1
Elevation (m)
102 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Lianzhou
GeoNamesPopulated place record
Quote, Populated place record
population 92,827
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 24.781, 112.377
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinates
Quote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 102.0
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3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell 24.75 N 112.25 E containing the city coordinates
Quote, Grid cell 24.75 N 112.25 E containing the city coordinates
24.75 112.25 Cfa
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseChina section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
Quote, China section, report quoted from the US Naval Observatory
CHINA 8 H AHEAD OF UTC ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
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Lianzhou (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: China, Lead
    is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Lead
    is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China
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China (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
Quote, On Continent: Asia, Lead of the article on China, the country containing this city
is a country in East Asia
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