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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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Africa/Niamey |
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UTC+1 |
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Dayong Town is part of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China, located in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, with a total area of about 40.5 square kilometers. The town is famous for its mahogany furniture and denim manufacturing industries, and is known as "China's Specialized Town of Mahogany Furniture Production" and "China's Famous Town of Denim", with distinctive industrial characteristics and strong economic vitality.
Adjacent to the Xijiang River, with convenient land and water transportation, Dayong Town is about 10 kilometers away from downtown Zhongshan. With a population of about 70,000, the town is based on Lingnan culture and actively promotes the integration of industry and city while preserving traditional folklore. The town has a pleasant environment with natural landscapes such as Zhuoqi Mountain and many cultural heritages.
The mahogany furniture industry in Da Chung has a long history and its products are exported both at home and abroad, while the denim industry excels in design innovation and large-scale production. In recent years, the town has continued to promote industrial upgrading and ecological construction, forming a modernized town pattern integrating industry and trade, and is an important industrial base with special characteristics in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Diffa, the capital of the Diffa region in southeastern Niger, is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and shares a border with Nigeria, making it one of the most important border cities in Niger. The city is located in the lower Niger River basin around the climate of the tropical desert climate, hot and dry throughout the year, the average annual precipitation is less than 300 millimeters. The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and the surrounding areas are rich in millet, sorghum and livestock. Diffa, as a regional trade center, undertakes the function of cross-border trade with neighboring countries, such as Nigeria, and is especially famous for the trade of livestock, agricultural products and handicrafts. The city is culturally diverse, with Hausa, Tuareg and Kanuri ethnic groups living in the area, and is unique in its crafts such as traditional leather weaving and silversmithing. Despite infrastructural challenges, Diffa remains an important economic and cultural node in the south-east of the Niger, thanks to its strategic location and rich cultural heritage.