Jiexi County
Jiexi
揭西县 | |
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  Jiexi Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23°25′52″N 115°50′31″E / 23.431°N 115.842°E / 23.431; 115.842 | |
| 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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Jiexi County (Chinese: 揭西; pinyin: Jiēxī) is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang City.
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 Chaoshan Min (30%).[1] In the late 18th and early 19th century, settlers from Jiexi county formed the Lintian kongsi republic, an autonomous polity named after a temple in Jiexi dedicated to the Lords of the Three Mountains in Jieyang (Chinese: 揭阳霖田祖庙).[2]
Jiexi is home to the Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.[3]
The Lords of the Three Mountains, 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.[4] The Three Mountains refer to 3 mountains in Jiexi County:[5]
- 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
Geography
From both Guangzhou and Hong Kong the county is about 400 kilometres (250 mi) away.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Jiexi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
22.0 (71.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
18.7 (65.6) |
| 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) | 44.3 (1.74) |
57.3 (2.26) |
99.7 (3.93) |
162.4 (6.39) |
236.2 (9.30) |
384.0 (15.12) |
336.7 (13.26) |
370.8 (14.60) |
214.4 (8.44) |
53.5 (2.11) |
39.2 (1.54) |
38.1 (1.50) |
2,036.6 (80.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.2 | 10.3 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 20.6 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 12.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 151.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 143.0 | 105.4 | 97.1 | 104.9 | 128.3 | 148.8 | 201.5 | 184.9 | 178.6 | 185.9 | 170.1 | 158.8 | 1,807.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 42 | 33 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Jiexi - China". Stad.
- ^ Bingling, Yuan. "Chapter 1 THE RISE OF THE KONGSI SOCIETIES".
- ^ a b Guangdong Special :Jiexi looks to leisure and tourism, Zhan Laoji, China Daily, 2011-06-01 10:13, retrieved Feb 2016
- ^ . Taiwan Government Information Office. 2010: 295 http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2010/20Religion.pdf.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help)[dead link] - ^ 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.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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