Lingqiu County
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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 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) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 靈邱縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 灵丘县 | ||||||||
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History
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]
References
- National Geophysical Data Center. "Significant Earthquake Information". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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