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Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the northern part of the North China Plain, constituting a golden triangle with Beijing and Tianjin, and is known as the "Gateway to the Gorge" and the "Southern Gate of the Capital". The city has a long history, since the Neolithic era, there will be the first people to flourish, the Warring States period for the junction of Yan and Zhao, the Yuan Dynasty, set up Baoding Road, to "defend the metropolis, stabilize the world," the Ming and Qing Dynasty for the capital of the Zhili province, is one of the political and cultural centers of northern China's modern times. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Baoding, including the Governor's Office of Zhili, one of China's top ten museums, the national 5A scenic spot Baiyangdian, and the thousand-year-old temple Mancheng Han Tomb, etc. Baoding has a rich cultural heritage. Cultural heritage, Baoding Military Academy is known as "China's modern military cradle", training a large number of military personnel; food culture is unique, Baoding dishes, locust Mao pickles, white Yunzhang buns and other famous. Nowadays, Baoding, as a regional center city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration, is relying on the advantages of its location to vigorously develop new energy, automobile manufacturing and other industries, and is a livable city with both historical heritage and modern vitality.
Ajaokuta is an industrial city in Kogi State, Nigeria, located on the banks of the River Niger, and is known for having the largest integrated steel plant in Africa, Ajaokuta Steel. Built in 1979 with a design capacity of 3 million tons per year, the steel plant was once a symbol of Nigeria's industrialization and was important to the local economy and employment. Despite the steel plant's longstanding operational challenges, its extensive infrastructure still makes Ajaokuta a key node in Nigeria's industrial landscape. The city is surrounded by rich mineral resources, with iron ore and coal supporting the steel industry, while the waterborne conditions of the Niger River facilitate the transportation of raw materials and products. As an important industrial center in west-central Nigeria, Ajaokuta's development potential is still widely noted, and is expected to revitalize the economy through industrial upgrading in the future.