Liwan, Guangzhou

Liwan, Guangzhou
Liwan, Guangzhou
Simplified Chinese	荔湾区
Traditional Chinese	荔灣區
Jyutping	Lai6 Waan1 Keoi1
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwān Qū
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwān Qū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Laihwāan Kēui
Jyutping	Lai6 Waan1 Keoi1
Canton Romanization	lei6 wan1 kêu1
IPA	[lɐj˨.wan˥]
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	荔湾
Traditional Chinese	荔灣
Jyutping	Lai6 Waan1
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwān
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lìwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Laihwāan
Jyutping	Lai6 Waan1
Canton Romanization	lei6 wan1
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	西关
Traditional Chinese	西關
Jyutping	Sai1 Gwaan1
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiguān
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiguān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sāigwāan
Jyutping	Sai1 Gwaan1
Canton Romanization	sei1 guan1
Third alternative Chinese name
Chinese	芳村
Jyutping	Fong1 Cyun1
Hanyu Pinyin	Fāngcūn
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fāngcūn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Fōng Chyūn
Jyutping	Fong1 Cyun1
Canton Romanization	fong1 qun1

Liwan

荔湾区
Liwan 荔湾区
District
	Shamian Subdistrict riverfront
	Liwan in Guangzhou
	Coordinates: 23°06′56″N 113°14′18″E / 23.11556°N 113.23833°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Sub-provincial city	Guangzhou
Area
• Total	62.40 km2 (24.09 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	705,262
• Density	11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	510145
Area code	020
Website	Official website

Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest.