Linyi

prefecture-level city in Shandong, China

Linyi (simplified Chinese: 临沂; traditional Chinese: 臨沂; pinyin: Línyí) is a prefecture-level city in southern Shandong province, China. In 2020, 11,018,365 people lived there.

Linyi was totally destroyed by the 8.5 magnitude 1668 Shandong earthquake, whose epicenter was to the northeast and very close to the city.

Administration change

Linyi administers three districts and nine counties: