Raoping County
Raoping County (postal: Jaoping; simplified Chinese: 饶平县; traditional Chinese: 饒平縣; pinyin: Ráopíng Xiàn) is a county in eastern Guangdong Province, bordering Fujian Province to the east, and facing the South China Sea to the south. The city with the same name has 135,600 inhabitants (1990).
| Raoping 饶平县 Jaoping | |
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|   Raoping Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23°39′50″N 117°00′14″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China | 
| Province | Guangdong | 
| Prefecture-level city | Chaozhou | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,670 km2 (640 sq mi) | 
| Population | |
| • Total | 900,000 | 
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) | 
| Website | http://www.raoping.gov.cn/ | 
It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chaozhou. The dialects spoken in Raoping are Teochew and Hakka (Raoping dialect).
Raoping is famous for its seafood and fruits.
Climate
    
| Climate data for Raoping (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.3 (88.3) | 35.1 (95.2) | 35.2 (95.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 38.6 (101.5) | 
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.4 (77.8) | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 0.5 (32.9) | 0.5 (32.9) | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.6 (1.20) | 69.9 (2.75) | 104.8 (4.13) | 164.4 (6.47) | 194.2 (7.65) | 256.3 (10.09) | 219.9 (8.66) | 252.2 (9.93) | 174.3 (6.86) | 24.6 (0.97) | 27.7 (1.09) | 28.8 (1.13) | 1,547.7 (60.93) | 
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 80 | 
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
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