Lipu 荔浦市 | |
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  Lipu Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates:24°30′N110°24′E / 24.500°N 110.400°E /24.500; 110.400 | |
| 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 (Chinese:荔浦;pinyin:Lìpǔ) is acounty-level city in the northeast ofGuangxi, China. It is under the administration ofGuilin City, the downtown of which is 100 km (62 mi) to the north.
Lipu has a population of 370,000 (2002). It covers an area of 1759 square kilometers. The seat of the city is atLipu 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" ofclothes hangers that are used throughout the world, and distributed by companies such asTarget andIKEA.[1]
Other industries include afood processing plant which makes packagedsnacks.[1]
Fengyu Cave is found in Lipu.[2]
Lipu is divided into 10 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township:[3]
| Climate data for Lipu, elevation 166 m (545 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 17 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 31 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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