Lipu (Chinese: 荔浦; pinyin: Lìpǔ) is a county-level city in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin City, the downtown of which is 100 km (62 mi) to the north.
Lipu
荔浦市 | |
|---|---|
  Lipu Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°30′N 110°24′E / 24.500°N 110.400°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Guilin |
| Municipal seat | Lipu Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,759 km2 (679 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Lipu has a population of 370,000 (2002). It covers an area of 1759 square kilometers. The seat of the city is at Lipu Town (荔浦镇).
Lipu is known as "China's hanger capital." The city is home to about 100 hanger companies, which have manufactured "billions" of clothes hangers that are used throughout the world, and distributed by companies such as Target and IKEA.[1]
Other industries include a food processing plant which makes packaged snacks.[1]
Fengyu Cave is found in Lipu.[2]
Administrative divisions
editLipu is divided into 10 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township:[3]
- towns
- Licheng Town 荔城镇
- Dongchang Town 东昌镇
- Xinping Town 新坪镇
- Dumo Town 杜莫镇
- Qingshan Town 青山镇
- Xiuren Town 修仁镇
- Datang Town 大塘镇
- Huaqi Town 花𬕂镇
- Shuangjiang Town 双江镇
- Maling Town 马岭镇
- townships
- Longhuai Township 龙怀乡
- Chacheng Township 茶城乡
- ethnic township
- Pulu Yao Ethnic Township 蒲芦瑶族乡
Climate
edit| Climate data for Lipu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.1 (82.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.1 (100.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
40.1 (104.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.4 (2.77) |
54.7 (2.15) |
116.5 (4.59) |
161.1 (6.34) |
217.4 (8.56) |
282.2 (11.11) |
172.1 (6.78) |
138.3 (5.44) |
69.9 (2.75) |
68.3 (2.69) |
59.6 (2.35) |
50.6 (1.99) |
1,461.1 (57.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.8 | 12.6 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 161.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 55.3 | 54.0 | 49.4 | 77.6 | 114.0 | 121.0 | 184.0 | 184.7 | 160.8 | 148.0 | 117.7 | 98.7 | 1,365.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Meyers, Jessica (April 23, 2018). "A victim of its own industrial success, China's hanger capital is now just hanging on". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Fengyu Cave - Guilin and Yangshuo Caves - Visit Guilin |". Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：荔浦市 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
 | This Guangxi location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |