Time Zone |
Asia/Amman |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+3 |
Daylight Saving Time |
UTC+3 |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Aqaba, Jordan's only seaport city, is located on the southwestern tip of the country, adjacent to the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea and across the sea from Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. With Jordan's only coastal corridor, the city is both an important trade hub and an emerging tourist destination. Its warm climate, coral reefs and crystal clear waters attract divers and water sports enthusiasts, and the famous "Red Sea Shipwreck Dive Site" is a popular destination for diving worldwide.
With a history dating back to 4000 BC, Aqaba was an important stronghold for the Roman, Crusader and Islamic empires. Today, the city combines modern resort facilities with historical sites such as the Mamluk Castle and monuments to the Arab revolution. Tax exemptions have boosted commerce, while beachfront luxury hotels, golf courses and shopping centers enhance the tourist experience. As a transit point to Petra and the Wadi Rum desert, Aqaba plays a central role in Jordan's economy and tourism.
Botou City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, located in the southeast of Hebei Province, east of the Bohai Sea, south of Shandong Province, is located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development of the radiation zone. As a nationally recognized "casting township", Botou has a long history of casting, industry scale is huge, is an important casting equipment production base and export base in the north. In recent years, Botou actively promote industrial upgrading, environmental protection equipment manufacturing, automotive parts and other emerging industries, rapid development, the formation of a "casting + environmental protection" double-wheel drive industrial pattern. Convenient transportation, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed, Shi Huang high-speed throughout the territory, from Tianjin Port, Huanghua Port are within 100 kilometers, is an important node city connecting North China and East China. With solid industrial foundation and location advantages, Botou is accelerating its integration into the construction of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class city cluster and becoming an important growth pole for regional economic development.