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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 |
Daylight Saving Time |
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.
Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County is located in the northwestern part of Guangxi, belonging to Hechi City, and is the only Maonan Autonomous County in the country, inhabited by Maonan, Zhuang, Han and other ethnic groups. It has a wide range of karst landforms, and has the Muyun Karst Nature Reserve, an important part of the World Natural Heritage "Southern China Karst", with dense virgin forests and rich biodiversity. Jiowanshan National Forest Park is an ecological tourist attraction with strange peaks, valleys and waterfalls. Huanjiang is also the "hometown of Chinese vegetable cattle", "Huanjiang incense pig" origin, Maonan Nuo opera, Dragon Festival and other ethnic cultures are unique, the realization of the entire Maonan ethnic group out of poverty in 2019, becoming a model of national unity and progress.