Lingwu

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Lingwu (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Língwǔ), or Lingwu City (; pinyin: Língwǔ Shì) is the most important industrial city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in the northwestern region of the People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of Yinchuan, the Region's capital city.

Lingwu's former name is Lingzhou (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Lingzhou).

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Lingwu is known for its growing of "Lingwu long jujube" (灵武长红枣).photo 1photo 2[1] This fruit has proven to be one of Ningxia's most popular agricultural products, producing an income of over 10 million yuan per year.[2]

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Coordinates: 38°06′N 106°20′E / 38.1, 106.333