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Africa/Niamey |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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.
Chenxi County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, is located in the hinterland of western Hunan and the middle reaches of the Yuanjiang River, and is known as the "Gateway to Western Hunan". Since the county was established in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, it has a history of more than 2,200 years, and is one of the important birthplaces of the Yuan River culture. The beautiful mountains and rivers in the county and the Yuan River running through the county have nurtured unique folk culture and natural landscape. There is the "Hunan's first cave" called Swallow Cave, stalactites strange and magnificent; there is also a thousand-year-old town of Tanwan, the ancient streets, wharves, homes retained in the Ming and Qing Dynasty style. Chenxi is also a place rich in resources, with coal, phosphorus, cinnabar and other minerals, of which cinnabar (cinnabar) mining history can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, was once the royal tribute. Nowadays, this small city, which combines historical heritage and natural beauty, is writing a chapter of development in the new era with the path of "ecological culture and tourism + green mining industry".