Jiexi County
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Jiexi
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|揭西县}}}}
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|settlement_type = County
|image_skyline =
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|map_caption = Location of the county
|pushpin_map = China Guangdong
|pushpin_label = Jiexi
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Guangdong
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Guangdong
|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city
|subdivision_name2 = Jieyang
|area_total_km2 = 1279
|population = 674,829
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|23.431|N|115.842|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-44|display=inline,title}}
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|timezone = China Standard
|utc_offset = +8
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{{Chinese|order=st|s=揭西县|t=揭西縣|p=Jiēxīxiàn|j=kit3 sai1 jyun6}}
File:HuangManZhai Waterfall.jpg
Jiexi County ({{zh|s=揭西 |p=Jiēxī}}) is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang city with a jurisdiction area of 1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) and a total population of 674,829 according to the 2020 census. Amongst them, 209,233 are downtown residents.
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%).{{Cite web|title=Jiexi - China|url=https://stad.com/index.php?city_id=7472329|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526235405/https://stad.com/index.php?city_id=7472329|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2021|website=Stad}} 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 ({{zh|s=三山国王祖庙 aka 揭阳霖田祖庙}}).{{Cite web|last=Bingling|first=Yuan|title=Chapter 1 THE RISE OF THE KONGSI SOCIETIES|url=http://www.xiguan.org/yuanbingling/004.htm}}
Jiexi is home to the Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/01/content_12619284.htm Guangdong Special :Jiexi looks to leisure and tourism], Zhan Laoji, China Daily, 2011-06-01 10:13, retrieved Feb 2016
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.{{cite journal|date=2010|publisher=Taiwan Government Information Office|pages=295|url=http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2010/20Religion.pdf}}{{dead link|date=September 2014}} The Three Mountains refer to three mountains in Jiexi County:{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/en/content?ID=4317|title=Temple of the Lords of the Three Mountains|last=Chiu|first=Yenkuei|date=2011|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Taiwan|publisher=Council for Cultural Affairs|access-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715233323/http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/en/content?ID=4317|archive-date=15 July 2012}}
- Jin Mountain ({{zh|t=巾山|labels=no}}) - protected by the Great Lord
- Ming Mountain ({{zh|t=明山|labels=no}}) - protected by the Second Lord
- Du Mountain ({{zh|t=獨山|labels=no}}) - protected by the Third Lord
Geography
Climate
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|location = Jiexi, elevation {{convert|81|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 19.4
|Feb high C = 20.3
|Mar high C = 22.6
|Apr high C = 26.5
|May high C = 29.6
|Jun high C = 31.6
|Jul high C = 33.3
|Aug high C = 33.0
|Sep high C = 31.9
|Oct high C = 29.3
|Nov high C = 25.6
|Dec high C = 21.1
|Jan mean C = 13.9
|Feb mean C = 15.2
|Mar mean C = 17.8
|Apr mean C = 21.8
|May mean C = 25.1
|Jun mean C = 27.3
|Jul mean C = 28.4
|Aug mean C = 28.0
|Sep mean C = 27.0
|Oct mean C = 24.1
|Nov mean C = 20.2
|Dec mean C = 15.6
|Jan low C = 10.3
|Feb low C = 11.8
|Mar low C = 14.5
|Apr low C = 18.5
|May low C = 22.0
|Jun low C = 24.5
|Jul low C = 25.2
|Aug low C = 25.0
|Sep low C = 23.8
|Oct low C = 20.4
|Nov low C = 16.3
|Dec low C = 11.8
|Jan record high C = 29.8 |Jan record low C = 0.6
|Feb record high C = 32.2 |Feb record low C = 3.0
|Mar record high C = 33.3 |Mar record low C = 3.7
|Apr record high C = 36.4 |Apr record low C = 9.4
|May record high C = 37.7 |May record low C = 15.7
|Jun record high C = 38.2 |Jun record low C = 19.4
|Jul record high C = 39.2 |Jul record low C = 21.0
|Aug record high C = 38.3 |Aug record low C = 22.4
|Sep record high C = 37.6 |Sep record low C = 17.8
|Oct record high C = 36.0 |Oct record low C = 12.8
|Nov record high C = 35.0 |Nov record low C = 4.4
|Dec record high C = 30.6 |Dec record low C = -0.5
|year high C= |year low C=
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 44.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 57.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 99.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 162.4
|May precipitation mm = 236.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 384.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 336.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 370.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 214.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 53.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 39.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 38.1
|Jan humidity = 73
|Feb humidity = 76
|Mar humidity = 79
|Apr humidity = 80
|May humidity = 81
|Jun humidity = 84
|Jul humidity = 81
|Aug humidity = 82
|Sep humidity = 79
|Oct humidity = 73
|Nov humidity = 73
|Dec humidity = 70
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 7.2
|Feb precipitation days = 10.3
|Mar precipitation days = 13.9
|Apr precipitation days = 14.7
|May precipitation days = 17.7
|Jun precipitation days = 20.6
|Jul precipitation days = 17.8
|Aug precipitation days = 19.1
|Sep precipitation days = 12.7
|Oct precipitation days = 6.2
|Nov precipitation days = 5.4
|Dec precipitation days = 6.1
|year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 143.0
|Feb sun = 105.4
|Mar sun = 97.1
|Apr sun = 104.9
|May sun = 128.3
|Jun sun = 148.8
|Jul sun = 201.5
|Aug sun = 184.9
|Sep sun = 178.6
|Oct sun = 185.9
|Nov sun = 170.1
|Dec sun = 158.8
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 42
| Feb percentsun = 33
| Mar percentsun = 26
| Apr percentsun = 27
| May percentsun = 31
| Jun percentsun = 37
| Jul percentsun = 49
| Aug percentsun = 47
| Sep percentsun = 49
| Oct percentsun = 52
| Nov percentsun = 52
| Dec percentsun = 48
| year percentsun =
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