Dabu County
Dabu County (Chinese: 大埔县) is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it has a population of 375,000.
Dabu
大埔县 | |
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 Gateway with "父子進士" (Fathers and sons achieved the rank of "Jinshi") inscribed on it | |
 Location in Meizhou | |
  Dabu Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 24.348°N 116.695°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Meizhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,470 km2 (950 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 大埔县 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 大埔縣 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大埔 | ||||||||||||||
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Famous natives
This is the ancestral hometown of 1st Guyana President Arthur Chung even though the Indians are the majority of Guyana.[1]
70% of Singapore's 300,000-strong Hakka community are descended from emigrants from Dabu County, including the great-grandfather of Singapore's founding father and first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.[2]
Ethno-linguistic make-up
Dabu is noted for its large Hakka population.
Administrative divisions
Dabu County has jurisdiction over the following towns:
- Huliao (湖寮镇)
- Gaopi (高陂镇)
- Chayang (茶阳镇)
- Dama (大麻镇)
- Sanhe (三河镇)
- Yinjiang (银江镇)
- Guangde (光德镇)
- Taoyuan (桃源镇)
- Fenglang (枫朗镇)
- Dadong (大东镇)
- Xihe (西河镇)
- Qingxi (青溪镇)
- Zhourui (洲瑞镇)
- Baihou (百侯镇)
The administrative center of the county was originally in the ancient town of Chayang before moving to Huliao.
Climate
| Climate data for Dabu (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.8 (91.0) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.6 (101.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.2 (1.50) |
96.5 (3.80) |
137.5 (5.41) |
186.8 (7.35) |
196.6 (7.74) |
237.2 (9.34) |
173.3 (6.82) |
216.0 (8.50) |
141.6 (5.57) |
38.4 (1.51) |
35.0 (1.38) |
34.6 (1.36) |
1,531.7 (60.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 81 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "美洲史上首位华人总统，被民众尊称为国父，声称自己的根在中国_腾讯新闻".
- "Lee Kuan Yew: The pride of a tiny village in China". 23 March 2016.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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