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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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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.
This is the ancestral hometown of 1st President of Guyana,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]
Dabu is noted for its large Hakka population.
Dabu County has jurisdiction over the following towns:
The administrative center of the county was originally in the ancient town of Chayang before moving to Huliao.[ when? ]
Climate data for Dabu (1991–2020 normals,extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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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) | 38.0 (100.4) | 34.4 (93.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 39.8 (103.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 27.5 (81.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 21.3 (70.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 17.5 (63.5) |
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) | 51.2 (2.02) | 75.1 (2.96) | 125.3 (4.93) | 167.5 (6.59) | 201.8 (7.94) | 242.9 (9.56) | 171.2 (6.74) | 219.6 (8.65) | 126.9 (5.00) | 34.5 (1.36) | 37.9 (1.49) | 43.1 (1.70) | 1,497 (58.94) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 7.6 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 17.9 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 145.3 |
Average snowy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 123.0 | 98.8 | 94.4 | 106.4 | 126.6 | 140.9 | 206.2 | 182.5 | 177.3 | 180.8 | 156.1 | 141.6 | 1,734.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 37 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 50 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 39 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [3] [4] |
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