| Jiexi | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Guangdong |
| Pushpin Label: | Jiexi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guangdong |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guangdong |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jieyang |
| Area Total Km2: | 1279 |
| Population: | 825313 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 23.431°N 115.842°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Jiexi County 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 the Hepo dialect of Hakka (70%), mainly in Sarawak, Johor and Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), and Bangka Belitung, Sumatra (Indonesia). Other people from Jiexi speak the Chaoshan Min (30%).[1] In the late 18th and early 19th century, settlers from Jiexi county formed the Lintian kongsi republic, an autonomous polity named after a temple in Jiexi dedicated to the Lords of the Three Mountains in Jieyang .[2]
Jiexi is home to the Huangmanzhai waterfalls. There are ambitions to make Jiexi County a more attractive tourist destination following investment in 2010.[3]
The Lords of the Three Mountains, also Kings of the Three Mountains) are a triad Taoist deities worshiped in Southern China (mainly Teochew people) and the part of Hakka people in Taiwan.[4] The Three Mountains refer to 3 mountains in Jiexi County:[5]
From both Guangzhou and Hong Kong the county is about 400km (200miles) away.[3]