Linzhou, formerly Lin County or Linxian, is a county-level city in Anyang, Henan, China. Adjacent to Shanxi Province and Hebei Province, it is located in the northernmost part of Henan Province and at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains. It covers an area of 2046 square kilometers and has a population of about one million. Linzhou is well known for its Red Flag Canal, which was constructed in the 1960s and visited by Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni during the early 1970s.