Jiexi County

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Jiexi County
揭西县
County
Jiexi is located in Guangdong
Jiexi
Jiexi
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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