| Lingbao | |
| Other Name: | Lingpao |
| Pushpin Map: | China Henan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the city center in Henan |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sanmenxia |
| Area Total Km2: | 3011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 736300 |
| Coordinates: | 34.5176°N 110.8942°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 472500 |
| Order: | st |
| T: | 靈寶市 |
| P: | Língbǎo shì |
| W: | Ling2-pao3 si5 |
Lingbao (; postal: Lingpao) is a county-level city and the westernmost county-level division of Henan province, China, bordering the provinces of Shanxi to the north and Shaanxi to the west, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Sanmenxia. In ancient times, the Hongnong Commandery was located approximately 20 km south of there. Since 2005, there is a HVDC back-to-back station built by ABB with a transmission rate of 360 MW.
Lingbao city has a population of 720,000 residents in 2006.
The legend of Kuafu is said to be set in Lingbao, which has therefore previously been called Taolin (peach orchard).[2]
Lingbao City can be traced back to 114 BC as an administrative division, when it was known as Hongnong (弘农县).[3]
In 1993 Linbao City was established from Lingbao County.
As 2012, this city is divided to 10 towns and 5 townships.[4] As 2012, this city is divided to 10 towns and 5 townships.[5]
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