Raoping County
Raoping County (postal: Jaoping; simplified Chinese: 饶平县; traditional Chinese: 饒平縣; pinyin: Ráopíng Xiàn) is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian Province to the east, and facing the South China Sea to the south. The city with the same name has 135,600 inhabitants (1990).
Raoping 饶平县 Jaoping | |
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County | |
  Raoping Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23°39′50″N 117°00′14″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Chaozhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,670 km2 (640 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 900,000 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | http://www.raoping.gov.cn/ |
It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chaozhou. The dialects spoken in Raoping are Teochew and Hakka (Raoping dialect).
Raoping is famous for its seafood and fruits.
Climate
| Climate data for Raoping (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
38.6 (101.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.4 (77.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.6 (1.20) |
69.9 (2.75) |
104.8 (4.13) |
164.4 (6.47) |
194.2 (7.65) |
256.3 (10.09) |
219.9 (8.66) |
252.2 (9.93) |
174.3 (6.86) |
24.6 (0.97) |
27.7 (1.09) |
28.8 (1.13) |
1,547.7 (60.93) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 80 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Famous people
- Zhang Jingsheng (Sexologist)
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See also
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