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Zhijun enjoys a mild tropical maritime climate with persistent seasonal winds blowing throughout the year and high volume rains during three seasons of the year. Mean summer temperature is 27.9 °C and mean winter temperature is around 23.3 °C. The temperature difference between summer and winter is 4.6 °C. January to June are the hottest months and October is the coolest month. However there are temperature variations affected by elevation, as shown in disparities between the flat coastal areas and the more mountainous interior. Geographically the north, south and eastern shores are covered in sandy shores while the west is predominantly rugged rocky cliffs and a large coral reef. A limestone covered mountain named Mount Podong is the tallest point in the islands at 560 meters tall.

==History==

Zhijun was colonized by the Qian Dynasty during the maritime campaign of the Yuanjian Emperor in the late 1590's, as part of Qian efforts to explore and establish Daxian outposts in Australis. A fort town named Yishi was founded in 1594 with sixty families. The Yishi colony was governed initially by Xi Ling, captain of the vessel who had transported the colonists to the island. Two years later the Qian authorities sent another ship with twenty more families of colonists, three-hundred soldiers to serve as the town's garrison and several bureaucrats to order the affairs of the island and take over from Xi Ling. Crucially, the new ship also brought five smoothbore cannons of which only three were mounted on the walls of Yishi. The remaining two would be used by the Yishi garrison in raids against the, up until now, peaceful island natives.

The Republican era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its vulnerability during the [[Second Great War]]. Heavy handed military government was imposed, which would lead to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and armed rebellion. The Hluttaw rebellion of the late 1980's was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to the increased militarization of the island.

The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion saw a negotiated settlement take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as the island's administrators and their institutionalization as part of the Daxian government.