Lingtai County
Lingtai County is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east. It is under the administration of Pingliang City. Its postal code is 744400, and in 1999 its population was 226,576 people. It was first established in 605 AD.
Lingtai is named after the Lingtai acupuncture point, since one of the founders of acupuncture, Huangfu Mi, was born in Lingtai. In ancient history it was known as Mixu.
Administrative divisions
Lingtai County is divided to 1 Subdistrict, 9 towns 4 townships and 1 other.;Subdistricts
- Chengshi residential community
;Townships
- Xinkai Township
- Liangyuan Township
- Longmen Township
- Xinghuo Township
- Wanbaochuan Farm
Born in Lingtai
- Huangfu Mi, author and physician
- Niu Sengru, government official during Tang era
- Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer