Lingqiu County | |
Other Name: | Lingkiu |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Shanxi |
Pushpin Label: | Lingqiu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Shanxi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Shanxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Datong |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 39.4425°N 114.2344°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
P: | Língqiū Xiàn |
W: | Ling-ch‘iu Hsien |
Lingqiu County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
Under the Han, Lingqiu County was part of Dai Prefecture. In 1626, the county suffered a magnitude 7.0 earthquake with the loss of more than 5,200 lives.[1]