Linghai () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the west of

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province,

Northeast China Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...

. It was called Jinxian or Jin County () until 1993, when it was reorganized into a

and renamed Linghai. With its urban core lying on the west (right) bank of the Daling River, which flows into

Liaodong Bay Liaodong Bay is largest and longest of the three main bays of the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. The other two bays are Laizhou Bay to the south and Bohai Bay to the southwest. Although named after the Liaodong Peninsula (wh ...

near the city, it is under the administration of the

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of Jinzhou, the seat of which is to the southwest.

Administrative divisions

There are three subdistricts, 11

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, seven townships, and one ethnic township under the city's administration.锦州市
/ref> Subdistricts: * Dalinghe Subdistrict (), Jincheng Subdistrict () Towns: * Shishan (), Yuji (),

Shuangyang Shuangyang District () is one of seven District (China), districts of the prefecture-level city of Changchun, the capital of Jilin, Jilin Province, Northeast China, Northeast China, forming part of the city's southeastern suburbs. Despite its name, ...

(), Banjita (), Shenjiatai (), Santaizi (), Youwei Manchu Town (), Yanjia (), Xinzhuangzi (), Niangniangguan (), Cuiyan () Townships: * Daye Township (), Xibaqian Township (), Jianye Township (), Wendilou Manchu Ethnic Township (), Baitaizi Township (), Xietun Township (), Antun Township (), Banshigou Township () Others: * Dayou Farm ()

Climate

Transportation

Railway

Linghai is served by Linghai South railway station, an infill station on the Qinhuangdao–Shenyang passenger railway and the southern terminus of the Chaoyang–Linghai high-speed railway.

Airport

Jinzhou Bay Airport is located here.

Notable people

* Wang Dianzuo, mineral scientist * Xiao Jun, author * Zhao Yanxia, opera singer

References

External links

County-level divisions of Liaoning Jinzhou {{Liaoning-geo-stub