Lingbao City

Lingbao (Chinese: 灵宝; 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]

History

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.^[3]

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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