Lianzhou

Lianzhou 连州市
County-level city
Lianzhou in Qingyuan
Lianzhou Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 24°46′52″N 112°22′37″E / 24.781°N 112.377°E / 24.781; 112.377
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Qingyuan
Townships	12
Area
• Total	2,663.33 km2 (1,028.32 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	367,859
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.lianzhou.gov.cn

Lianzhou (simplified Chinese: 连州; traditional Chinese: 連州; pinyin: Liánzhōu), formerly Lian County or Lianxian (postal: Linhsien; 连县; 連縣; Lián Xiàn), is a county-level city in northern Guangdong Province, China, and is 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 (LIPF) and as a historic and cultural landmark of Guangdong Province.^[1]