The town has a continental climate, experiencing an average of 3,000 hours of sunshine annually, 166.4 millimetres (6.55 in) to 366.4 millimetres (14.43 in) of precipitation annually, and 120 to 130 frost-free days annually.[5]
Lindong is divided into 33 administrative villages (Chinese: 行政村; pinyin: xíngzhèng cūn).[5][7] The town also hosts 125 natural villages (Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: zìrán cūn),[5] which lack jurisdictional authority, and belong to the town's administrative villages. The towns administrative villages are as follows:[7]
Lindong has approximately 18,000 households, hosting a population of about 68,000 people, giving the town an average household size of 3.78 people.[5] The town's population represents 19% of Balin Left Banner's total.[5]
In order to promote economic growth, the banner government has launched a plan to expand agricultural facilities, construct a dam, and build a photovoltaic power plant within Lindong.[4]
The town has a large tourism sector, as it is home to the ruins of Shangjing [zh], an ancient city which served as the capital of the Liao dynasty. The Liao Shangjing Museum in the town, just west of the ruins of Shangjing, showcase 113,885 cultural relics, including many representative of the Khitan culture, the ethnic group the Liao dynasty was run by.[8] The banner government also recognizes rural tourism as an important economic sector for Lindong.[5]
National Highway 305 currently ends in the town, however, as of March 2020, the Banner government is working on a plan to extend it to the township of Xiahuofang [zh].[9] Multiple commercial bus providers service a route from Lindong to Beijing, which is approximately 780 kilometers in length.[10][11]
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