Administrative divisions

The prefecture-level city of Linfen is divided in one district

District (China)

The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....

, two cities and fourteen counties

Counties of the People's Republic of China

County is the standard English translation of Xiàn or formally County level divisions. In the People's Republic of China , counties are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy in Provinces and Autonomous regions, and the 2nd level in municipalities and Hainan province, a level that...

. The information here presented uses the metric system and data from 2010 Census.

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#	English Name	Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	Area	Population	Density
1	Yaodu District Yaodu District Yaodu District is a district of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	尧都区	堯都區	Yáodū Qū	1,316	944,050	717
2	Houma City Houma, Shanxi Houma is a city in the Shanxi province on the People's Republic of China, on the Fen River south of Linfen. It is 274 km large and has a population of 102,400....	侯马市	侯馬市	Hóumǎ Shì	274	240,005	876
3	Huozhou City Huozhou Huozhou is a county-level city between the cities of Lingshi and Linfen in the prefecture of Linfen 临汾市 in the Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China....	霍州市	霍州市	Huòzhōu Shì	765	282,907	370
4	Quwo County Quwo County Quwo County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city. The town of Quwo is in the Fen River valley about 30 miles south of Linfen and about 10 miles east of the point where the Fen River turns west. From 745 to 677 BC Quwo a state that broke off from the State of...	曲沃县	曲沃縣	Qǔwò Xiàn	438	237,033	541
5	Yicheng County Yicheng County Yicheng County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	翼城县	翼城縣	Yìchéng Xiàn	1,163	311,471	268
6	Xiangfen County Xiangfen County Xiangfen County is an administrative district of the Shanxi province in China. It has an area of and has 500,000 inhabitants.-External links:*...	襄汾县	襄汾縣	Xiāngfén Xiàn	1,304	442,614	339
7	Hongdong County	洪洞县	洪洞縣	Hóngtóng Xiàn	1,563	733,421	469
8	Gu County Gu County Gu County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	古县	古縣	Gǔ Xiàn	1,193	91,798	77
9	Anze County Anze County Anze County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	安泽县	安澤縣	Ānzé Xiàn	1,965	82,012	42
10	Fushan County Fushan County Fushan County is a county in the municipal region of Linfen, Shanxi. As of 2000 it had 121,323 residents.-Administration:Fushan runs two towns and thirteen townships...	浮山县	浮山縣	Fúshān Xiàn	946	127,831	135
11	Ji County Ji County, Shanxi Ji County, Shanxi is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	吉县	吉縣	Jí Xiàn	1,777	106,407	60
12	Xiangning County Xiangning County Xiangning County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	乡宁县	鄉寧縣	Xiāngníng Xiàn	2,029	233,162	115
13	Pu County Pu County Pu County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	蒲县	蒲縣	Pú Xiàn	1,508	107,339	71
14	Daning County Daning County Daning County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	大宁县	大寧縣	Dàníng Xiàn	967	64,501	67
15	Yonghe County Yonghe County Yonghe County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	永和县	永和縣	Yǒnghé Xiàn	1,219	63,649	52
16	Xi County Xi County Xi County may refer to two counties in the People's Republic of China:*Xi County, Henan , of Xinyang, Henan*Xi County, Shanxi , of Linfen, Shanxi...	隰县	隰縣	Xí Xiàn	1,415	103,617	73
17	Fenxi County Fenxi County Fenxi County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...	汾西县	汾西縣	Fénxī Xiàn	880	144,795	165

Pollution

It has been mentioned by Blacksmith Institute

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  as one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the world's dirtiest city by The Mother Nature Network

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. It has also been chosen as one of the world's ten dirtiest cities by the Popular Science website and one of the 10 most polluted cities in the world by Time Magazine.

Linfen's pollution problems began with the economic boom of the late 1990s and sped up after 2002, when domestic energy demand spiked, coal prices jumped, and the reins on private mine owners were loosened. At its low point, in 2004, Linfen had only 15 days out of 365 with an acceptable level of air pollution (two or above on the index). The cleanup was equally dramatic. The first step was to block coal trucks at the city's boundaries; suddenly there was much less coal dust. Next came heating: In 2006 alone, Linfen added enough gas-fired central heating to reach more than half of the city's 4.1 million people, and it knocked down 197 large coal-fired boilers and more than 600 smaller, family-size boilers. Now 85 percent of the city uses natural gas rather than coal for their heating.

External links

• Official website of Linfen Government
• LinFen Photo Essay
• A canary in the Chinese coal mine (published 2007-03-02; accessed 2007-04-01)
• BBC article Blacksmith Institute list