Jiexi County
Jiexi County (Chinese: 揭西; pinyin: Jiēxī) is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang City.
Jiexi 揭西县 | |
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County | |
  Jiexi Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23.431°N 115.842°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Jieyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 825,313 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 揭西县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 揭西縣 | ||||||||||
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Immigrants from Jiexi form a large overseas Chinese population who speak the Hepo dialect of Hakka (70%), mainly in Sarawak, Johor and Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), and Bangka Belitung, Sumatra (Indonesia). Other people from Jiexi speak the Teochew dialect (30%).
Jiexi is home to the Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.[1]
The Lords of the Three Mountains (Chinese: 三山國王; pinyin: Sānshān Guówáng, also Kings of the Three Mountains) are a triad Taoist deities worshiped in Southern China (mainly Teochew people) and the part of Hakka people in Taiwan.[2] The Three Mountains refer to 3 mountains in Jiexi County:[3]
- Jin Mountain (巾山) - protected by the Great Lord
- Ming Mountain (明山) - protected by the Second Lord
- Du Mountain (獨山) - protected by the Third Lord
Climate
| Climate data for Jiexi (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
37.6 (99.7) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.8 (65.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 34.6 (1.36) |
76.7 (3.02) |
123.2 (4.85) |
182.4 (7.18) |
236.1 (9.30) |
370.0 (14.57) |
348.9 (13.74) |
326.8 (12.87) |
249.0 (9.80) |
46.7 (1.84) |
36.0 (1.42) |
33.4 (1.31) |
2,063.8 (81.26) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 77 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
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References
- Guangdong Special :Jiexi looks to leisure and tourism, Zhan Laoji, China Daily, 2011-06-01 10:13, retrieved Feb 2016
- (PDF). Taiwan Government Information Office. 2010: 295 http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2010/20Religion.pdf. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - Chiu, Yenkuei (2011). "Temple of the Lords of the Three Mountains". Encyclopedia of Taiwan. Council for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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