Linhe (Mongolian: ᠯᠢᠨ ᠾᠧ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ; Chinese: 临河区) is the only district and the seat of the city of Baynnur, Inner Mongolia, situated at the northern loop of the Yellow River, south of the Lang Shan range (70 km or 43 mi south-east of the Huhebashige).
The district spans an area of 2,333 square kilometers, and has a population of 555,000 inhabitants as of 2019.
[1] The area remained sparsely inhabited before the late Ming dynasty, when an exodus of people from fleeing famine in other provinces, such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong, established new agricultural ventures in Linhe.
[1] On August 26, 2004, Linhe was changed from a county-level city to a district.
[1] Linhe District is divided into 11 subdistricts, 7 towns, and 2 townships.