Yulin (Shaanxi)

Yulin (榆林 Yúlín) is a city in Shaanxi Province.

Understand
Yulin was a garrison town along the Great Wall of China. The town now survives on the extraction of oil found locally.

Yulin is a prefecture-level city in the Shanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi to the east, and Ningxia to the west. It has an administrative area of 43,578 km2 (16,826 sq mi) and as of the 2020 Chinese census had a population of 3,634,750.

History
Yulin played host to the 11th CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) conference in August 2006. In 2017, 26–29 August, the 1st IGU-AGLE Commission's conference on 'Global Rural Development and Land Capacity Building.' was held in Yulin University.

Geography
Yulin is the northernmost prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, and borders Ordos City (Inner Mongolia) to the north, Xinzhou and Lüliang (Shanxi) to the east, Yan'an to the south, and Wuzhong (Ningxia) to the west. To the north and northwest of the city lies the Ordos Desert, though the countryside is very green due to the many small shrubs which have been planted to slow the process of desertification. The city is based in a valley which extends north–south, which rises to a large vantage point to the north east, from which there are views of the west and northwest.

Yulin Yuyang airport (UYN IATA )
There is daily flight connection to Beijing, Xi'an, and a new Airport has been in place since 2007 which is around 17 km to city center. You can take shuttle bus (¥25) or Taxi (¥40+) to go to city center.

By train
Direct train is connecting to Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai and surrounding cities now.

By bus
Location - corner of Yuyangzhong Road and Xinjian South Road.


 * Shenmu - takes about 3 hours
 * Xi'an - takes about 8 hours
 * Yan'an - takes about 4 hours
 * Yinchuan - takes about 8 hours

Get around

 * By bike. There are communal shared bikes everywhere, so if you'd like, you can try to take a ride, using WeChat to scan the code, which is basically $2. (updated Dec 2023 | edit)
 * By bus. As of 2020, there are more than 20 bus routes in Yulin, covering basically all urban areas, and bus drivers stop at every stop to pick up and drop off passengers.

See

 * Nomad Theater Xiangshawan.jpg
 * Nomad Theater Xiangshawan.jpg
 * Nomad Theater Xiangshawan.jpg
 * Nomad Theater Xiangshawan.jpg
 * Nomad Theater Xiangshawan.jpg



Buy

 * Donkey sandwich, Hejian style (20160220143311).jpg







Visas

 * 🇨🇳 China

Go next

 * Shenmu
 * Yan'an