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Linghai () is a county-level city in the west of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It was called Jinxian or Jin County () until 1993, when it was reorganized into a county-level city and renamed Linghai. With its urban core lying on the west (right) bank of the Daling River, which flows into Liaodong Bay near the city, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhou, the seat of which is to the southwest.

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Settlement.name
Linghai
Settlement.settlement_type
County-level city
Settlement.image_map
ChinaJinzhouLinghai.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the city
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Liaoning
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Jinzhou
Settlement.seat_type
City seat
Settlement.seat
Dalinghe Subdistrict
Settlement.area_total_km2
2585.5
Settlement.area_urban_km2
136.74
Settlement.population_total
412,513
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_urban
167,909
Settlement.population_density_km2
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Official name
锦县
Population
412513
Area
2541.66
Elevation
19
Official website
www.lnlh.gov.cn
Image
Linghai, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China - panoramio - Matthew Summerton (11).jpg
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postal code
121200
Commons category
Linghai
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Linghai () is a county-level city in the west of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It was called Jinxian or Jin County () until 1993, when it was reorganized into a county-level city and renamed Linghai. With its urban core lying on the west (right) bank of the Daling River, which flows into Liaodong Bay near the city, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhou, the seat of which is to the southwest.

==Administrative divisions== There are three subdistricts, 11 towns, seven townships, and one ethnic township under the city's administration.

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