Jiexi County
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Jiexi County 揭西县 |
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County | |
Location in Guangdong | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Jieyang |
Population (2010) | 825,313 |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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 Hepo Hakka dialect (70%), mainly in Sarawak (Malaysia), and Bangka Belitung (Indonesia). Other people in Jiexi speak the Chaoshan dialect (30%).
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