Jiexi County

Jiexi County
Simplified Chinese	揭西县
Traditional Chinese	揭西縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiēxīxiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	kit3 sai1 jyun6

Jiexi
Jiexi; 揭西县
	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)

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 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

Geography

From both Guangzhou and Hong Kong the county is about 400 kilometres (250 mi) away.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Jiexi (1981−2010)
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

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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[ZhanLaoji-1] Guangdong Special :Jiexi looks to leisure and tourism, Zhan Laoji, China Daily, 2011-06-01 10:13, retrieved Feb 2016

[2] (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)

[3] 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.