Lipu | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County-level city |
Pushpin Map: | China Guangxi |
Pushpin Label: | Lipu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guangxi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guangxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Guilin |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Lipu Town |
Area Total Km2: | 1759 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 24.5°N 134°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Lipu is a county-level city in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin City, the downtown of which is 100km (100miles) 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 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.
Fengyu Cave is found in Lipu.[2]
Lipu is divided into 10 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township:[3]