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Most of Guangdong Republic features a tropical monsoon climate (''Am'') except for a little part under a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa''). Variations in year temperatures are not excessive. The mean temperature is {{convert|24.6|C|F}}. It's characterized for long warm/hot summers and cool winters. Rainfall is evenly distributed all over the year, however, the winter months are the rainiest. In the coast zone, the average precipitation is around {{convert|2100-3000|mm|in}} | |||
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Revision as of 17:31, 25 January 2023
Republic of Guangdong 廣東共和國 gwóngdūngguhngwòhgwok | |
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 Flag
 Emblem
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| Capital | Lìnfā |
| Official languages | Cantonese English Portuguese Spanish |
| Ethnic groups (2022) | 81.8% Cantonese 9.5% Hokkien 6.6% Han 2.1% European and other |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional joint paido-ephebocracy |
• President | Long Guoliang |
• Prime Minister | Zheng Xiaoling |
• Governor of Oumun | Pedro Cordeiro |
• Governor of Xianggang | Bruno Joel Chang |
| Independence from China | |
• Civil war | February 1970 |
• Unilateral declaration of Independence | December 24, 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | 182,670.27 km2 (70,529.39 sq mi) |
| Gini | 0 low |
| HDI |  1very high |
| Currency | Cantonese Tùng (銅) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 |
| DST not observable | |
Guangdong Republic is a country in East Asia, independent from the People's Republic of China since December 24, 1991 and considered a partially recognized state by many institutions and organizations. Since the Cantonese revolution, which overthrew the Han authorities in 1991, the Guangdong Republic started a path of continuous economic, technologic and social development that continues until today, following a massive openship to foreign investment.
History
In 1970, a civil war between the Han majority and the Cantonese started when in February it uprised the Dog Revolution named after the Chinese zodiac for that year. Cantonese wanted major sovereignty and respect for their culture by part of the central authorities, but it was answered by more repression and death. Most of the Cantonese demonstrations were peaceful and organized by million of students all over the province in those years. The main leaders of the demonstrations were Patrick Hong and Bruce Po, a Cantonese and a Xiangganese who were classmates in the Guangdong Maths and Exact Sciences College. A group of youngsters known as the shirtless ones (冇衫 Cantonese: móuh sāam) declared a state of civil disobeyance on college and government authorities and called the Cantonese to defeat the centralism peacefully. Attempts on peace were done in 1975, 1976, 1982, 1990 and in 1991. On December 24 1991, when the news that the Soviet bloc fell, the Guangdong government in exile declared independence unilaterally. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence of the Guangdong Republic (Cantonese: 廣東共和國單方面獨立宣言, transliteration: gwóng dūng guhng wòh gwok dāan fōng mín duhk laahp syūn yìhn).
Geography
Climate
Most of Guangdong Republic features a tropical monsoon climate (Am) except for a little part under a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). Variations in year temperatures are not excessive. The mean temperature is 24.6 °C (76.3 °F). It's characterized for long warm/hot summers and cool winters. Rainfall is evenly distributed all over the year, however, the winter months are the rainiest. In the coast zone, the average precipitation is around 2,100–3,000 millimetres (83–118 in)
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.8 (69.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 277 (10.9) |
129 (5.1) |
188 (7.4) |
178 (7.0) |
145 (5.7) |
107 (4.2) |
53 (2.1) |
85 (3.3) |
109 (4.3) |
256 (10.1) |
297 (11.7) |
333 (13.1) |
2,157 (84.9) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 80 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 77 |
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
28.5 (83.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.3 (68.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 205 (8.1) |
91 (3.6) |
72 (2.8) |
67 (2.6) |
61 (2.4) |
61 (2.4) |
12 (0.5) |
118 (4.6) |
139 (5.5) |
162 (6.4) |
170 (6.7) |
183 (7.2) |
1,341 (52.8) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 69 |