Prefecture-level city Jieyang Population 825,313 (2010) | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Province Guangdong Province | |
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Country People's Republic of China Points of interest Jingming Tea Garden, River Pota | ||
Jiexi County (Chinese: 揭西; pinyin: Jiēxī) is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang City.
Map of Jiexi, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
Immigrants from Jiexi form a large overseas Chinese population who speak Hepo Hakka dialect (70%), mainly in Sarawak (Malaysia), and Bangka Belitung (Indonesia). Other people in Jiexi speak the Chaoshan dialect (30%).
There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010
References
Jiexi County Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA