Lingqu

The Lingqu is a canal in , near , in the northwestern corner of , China. It connects the with the Li River, and thus is part of a historical waterway between the Yangtze and the .
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  • Canal
  • Description: canal in China built during the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC) that connects a tributary of the Yangtze River with part of the Pearl River
  • Also known as
    “Ch’in-tso Ch’ü”
    “Li-Hsingan Canal”
    “Lin Canal”
    “Ling Canal”
    “Ling Ch’ü”
    “Lingqu Canal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xing’an.
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is a railway station, which is situated 3 km northwest of Lingqu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xiangli.
is a town of , , China.

Lingqu

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Latitude
25.60246° or 25° 36′ 9″ north
Longitude
110.68379° or 110° 41′ 2″ east
Open location code
7PQGJM2M+XG
Geo­Names ID
1803484
Wiki­data ID
Q966140

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Lingqu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ling Qu (kanal)”
  • Cebuano: “Ling Qu”
  • Chinese: “灵渠”
  • Chinese: “霊渠”
  • Dutch: “Lingqukanaal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لينتشو”
  • Esperanto: “Lingku”
  • French: “Canal Lingqu”
  • German: “Lingqu-Kanal”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לינגצ’ו”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Lingqu”
  • Japanese: “霊渠”
  • Korean: “링추”
  • Korean: “영거”
  • Literary Chinese: “靈渠”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lingkanalen”
  • Norwegian: “Lingkanalen”
  • Persian: “لینگچو”
  • Polish: “Kanał Lingqu”
  • Slovenian: “Lingču”
  • Spanish: “Canal Lingqu”
  • Swedish: “Ling Qu (kanal)”
  • Swedish: “Lingqukanalen”
  • Vietnamese: “Linh Cừ”

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