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Deva is the capital of Hunedoara County in western Romania, located on the banks of the river Mureş, with a population of about 60,000 people. The city is famous for the hilltop Deva Castle, a 13th-century fortress perched on a volcanic cone that offers panoramic views and symbolizes the history of the region. The economy of Dva is based on industry and services, and it is also a transportation hub, connecting it to the Carpathian region.
Dva has a long history, first recorded in 1269, and was once a fortress of the Kingdom of Hungary. The city retains medieval buildings such as the castle and the Church of the Holy Cross. Culturally, Deva has museums, theaters, and is close to the ruins of the Dacian civilization, reflecting Romania's diverse heritage. The city is known for its mild continental climate with four distinct seasons, making it suitable for tourism.
Deva is a natural gateway for exploring the Carpathian Mountains, with the nearby Retezat National Park for hiking and eco-tourism. The city life is peaceful and has a good infrastructure, offering educational and medical resources. As an important regional center of Romania, Deva blends history and modernity, attracting visitors to experience its unique charm.
Zhuanglang County is located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province, in the hinterland of Loess Plateau at the western foot of Liupan Mountains, with a total area of 1,553 square kilometers and a population of about 450,000 people. Here to "terraced kingdom" is famous, from the 1960s, after more than 30 years of hard work, in more than 25 degrees of steep slopes to build horizontal terraces of nearly one million acres, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations named "global ecological construction of the 500 best", become the Loess Plateau ecological management model. It has become a model for the ecological management of the Loess Plateau. The terraced fields of Zhuanglang have layers and layers of scenery in all seasons, with green waves rolling in the spring and golden spikes filling the mountains in the fall, which is not only "China's model county of terracing", but also a green pearl for the integrated development of rural tourism and eco-agriculture. The local production of apples, potatoes and other agricultural products, relying on the terraced landscape development of eco-tourism, showing a vivid practice of harmonious coexistence of man and nature.