Lingbao City

Lingbao (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).

History
Lingbao City can be traced back to 114 BC as an administrative division, when it was known as Hongnong (弘农县).

In 1993 Linbao City was established from Lingbao County.

Administrative divisions
As 2012, this city is divided to 10 towns and 5 townships. As 2012, this city is divided to 10 towns and 5 townships.
 * Towns
 * Townships

Transportation

 * China National Highway 209