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.

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Bayannur 巴彦淖尔市 • ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Prefecture-level city
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
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Municipal seat	Linhe District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Nashunmenghe
• Mayor	He Yonglin
Area
• Prefecture-level city	65,788 km2 (25,401 sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	80.51 km2 (31.09 sq mi)
• Districts[1]	2,354.0 km2 (908.9 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	1,669,915
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	385,700
• Urban density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
• Districts[1]	608,000
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 88.7 billion US$ 14.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 52,987 US$ 8,507
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	015000
Area code	0478
ISO 3166 code	CN-NM-08
Website	bynr.gov.cn

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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.^[3]

The city is served by the Bayannur Tianjitai Airport.

The Zhao dynasty (403 BCE–222 BCE) controlled an area including modern-day Bayannur, while the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–24 CE) established a hierarchical Chinese administrative structure. The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) designated this area as part of "Inner Mongolia", but after its overthrow by the Republic of China (1912–1949), Bayannur was assigned to Suiyuan Province. Because of Mongol-Chinese cooperation with the Communist faction in the Chinese Civil War (stalled since 1950), Suiyuan was annexed to the new Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from 1954, although not without controversy because of the province's large and longstanding ethnic Han majority.^{[citation needed]}

Bayannur is located in the western part of inner Mongolia Autonomous region. Neighbouring prefectures are:

• Baotou (E)
• Alxa (W)
• Ordos (S)

It also borders Mongolia to the north. The whole area of the prefecture is 65,788 km² (25,401 sq mi) at present and the total population is nearly 1.7 million. Bayannur features a desert climate (Köppen BWk), marked by long, cold and very dry winters, very warm, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. Most of the rain falls between July and September, with very little snow in winter.

In 2000, there were 1,682,662 inhabitants:

At the end of 2004, the population was at around 1.79 million inhabitants.

Bayannur is divided into one district, two counties and four banners:

Located in Hetao Plain, Bayannaoer is the largest agricultural hub in Inner Mongolia. Bayannaoer is famous for "Bameng braised dishes" (巴盟烩菜), meaning "braised dishes".