Lingqiu County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
Lingqiu County
灵丘县 Lingkiu | |
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County | |
![]() Jueshan Brick Pagoda (觉山寺) | |
![]() ![]() Lingqiu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
Coordinates: 39°26′33″N 114°14′04″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Datong |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Lingqiu County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 靈邱縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 灵丘县 | ||||||||
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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]
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