Bayannur

Bayannur
巴彦淖尔市 • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Linhe District, the seat of Bayannur
Location of Bayannur City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
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
65,788 km2 (25,401 sq mi)
  Urban
 (2017)
80.51 km2 (31.09 sq mi)
  Districts2,354.0 km2 (908.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
1,669,915
  Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
  Urban
 (2017)
385,700
  Urban density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
  Districts
608,000
GDP
  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[pá̂nnâʊàɚ]
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.

The city is served by the Bayannur Tianjitai Airport.