Dabu County
Dabu County (Chinese: 大埔县) is a county in the east of Meizhou City, in eastern Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it borders Raoping County to the southeast, Fengshun County to the southwest, Meijiang District to the west, Meixian District to the west and northwest, and, in Fujian province, Yongding District to the north and northeast and Pinghe County to the east.
Dabu 大埔县 Taipo | |
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County | |
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 Location in Meizhou | |
  Dabu Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 24.348°N 116.695°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Meizhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,470 km2 (950 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Dabu County | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 大埔县 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 大埔縣 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大埔 | ||||||||||||||
| Postal | Taipu | ||||||||||||||
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Administrative divisions
Dabu County has jurisdiction over the following towns:
- Huliao (湖寮镇)
- Gaopi (高陂镇)
- Chayang (茶阳镇)
- Dama (大麻镇)
- Sanhe (三河镇)
- Yinjiang (银江镇)
- Guangde (光德镇)
- Taoyuan (桃源镇)
- Fenglang (枫朗镇)
- Dadong (大东镇)
- Xihe (西河镇)
- Qingxi (青溪镇)
- Zhourui (洲瑞镇)
- Baihou (百侯镇)
The administrative center of the county was originally in the ancient town of Chayang before moving to Huliao.
Climate
| Climate data for Dabu (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.8 (91.0) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.6 (101.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.2 (1.50) |
96.5 (3.80) |
137.5 (5.41) |
186.8 (7.35) |
196.6 (7.74) |
237.2 (9.34) |
173.3 (6.82) |
216.0 (8.50) |
141.6 (5.57) |
38.4 (1.51) |
35.0 (1.38) |
34.6 (1.36) |
1,531.7 (60.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 81 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
External links
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