Deqing County, Guangdong

Deqing County, formerly romanized as Takhing,[lower-alpha 1] is a county in western Guangdong province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing.

Deqing 德庆县 Takhing
County
Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23.144°N 111.786°E / 23.144; 111.786
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Area
• Total	2,258 km^2 (872 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Deqing
Traditional Chinese	德慶
Simplified Chinese	德庆
Postal	Takhing
Literal meaning	Virtuous Celebration
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Déqìng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dak^1-hing^3

History

Under the Qing, Deqing County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]

Administrative divisions

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)[2]	Area (km^2)
Decheng Subdistrict	德城街道	Déchéng Jiēdào	58,878	17.5
Xinxu town	新圩镇	Xīnxū Zhèn	23,892	138
Huilong town	回龙镇	Huílóng Zhèn	17,401	132.2
Guanxu town	官圩镇	Guānxū Zhèn	30,379	292
Maxu town	马圩镇	Mǎxū Zhèn	20,214	163.75
Gaoliang town	高良镇	Gāoliáng Zhèn	28,944	300
Mocun town	莫村镇	Mòcūn Zhèn	28,625	300
Yongfeng town	永丰镇	Yǒngfēng Zhèn	19,924	160
Wulong town	武垄镇	Wǔlǒng Zhèn	14,207	136
Bozhi town	播植镇	Bōzhí Zhèn	15,308	115.3
Fengcun town	凤村镇	Fèngcūn Zhèn	27,344	160
Yuecheng town	悦城镇	Yuèchéng Zhèn	31,544	221
Jiushi town	九市镇	Jiǔshì Zhèn	24,551	152.6

• Defunct: Shapang Town & Guyou Town

Sights

• 
  Panlongxia Waterfall
• 
  Deqing Confucian Temple
• 
  Sanyuan Pagoda
• 
  Longmu Temple in Yuecheng

Climate

Climate data for Deqing (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.6 (85.3)	33.0 (91.4)	33.8 (92.8)	35.1 (95.2)	36.7 (98.1)	38.3 (100.9)	39.2 (102.6)	39.5 (103.1)	38.4 (101.1)	35.6 (96.1)	33.6 (92.5)	29.9 (85.8)	39.5 (103.1)
Average high °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	19.0 (66.2)	21.9 (71.4)	26.6 (79.9)	30.4 (86.7)	32.5 (90.5)	33.8 (92.8)	33.7 (92.7)	32.0 (89.6)	29.3 (84.7)	24.8 (76.6)	20.4 (68.7)	26.9 (80.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	12.9 (55.2)	14.7 (58.5)	17.8 (64.0)	22.4 (72.3)	25.8 (78.4)	27.8 (82.0)	28.7 (83.7)	28.4 (83.1)	26.8 (80.2)	23.6 (74.5)	18.5 (65.3)	14.1 (57.4)	21.8 (71.2)
Average low °C (°F)	9.5 (49.1)	11.7 (53.1)	14.9 (58.8)	19.5 (67.1)	22.5 (72.5)	24.7 (76.5)	25.2 (77.4)	25.1 (77.2)	23.4 (74.1)	19.7 (67.5)	14.4 (57.9)	10.0 (50.0)	18.4 (65.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−0.8 (30.6)	2.3 (36.1)	1.8 (35.2)	9.0 (48.2)	13.1 (55.6)	16.9 (62.4)	20.9 (69.6)	21.3 (70.3)	15.5 (59.9)	7.3 (45.1)	2.8 (37.0)	−1.8 (28.8)	−1.8 (28.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.1 (2.21)	69.8 (2.75)	92.8 (3.65)	175.1 (6.89)	255.0 (10.04)	221.5 (8.72)	187.5 (7.38)	203.0 (7.99)	134.1 (5.28)	67.5 (2.66)	38.5 (1.52)	28.7 (1.13)	1,529.6 (60.22)
Average relative humidity (%)	80	82	83	83	82	83	80	81	81	78	78	77	81
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

Notes

1. The Postal Map form of the name derives from Deqing's Cantonese pronunciation. Deqing has also been romanized as Tak King.[1]

References

Citations

1. Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
2. shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

Bibliography

• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.