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Africa/Niamey |
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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.
Meitan County is located in the northeastern part of Guizhou Province, belonging to Zunyi City, located in the transition zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Hunan hilly area, with an average elevation of 972 meters, mild and humid climate, fertile soil, and is China's famous "Tea Hometown". Here has the world's largest continuous area of tea plantations - "China Tea Sea", ten thousand acres of tea sea blue waves, pleasant scenery, known as "China's most beautiful tea township". Meitan tea has a long history, especially "Meitan green buds" "Zunyi red" and other famous tea, is the national agricultural products of geographical indications products, exported to home and abroad. In addition to the tea industry, Meitan also has natural and humanistic landscapes such as Meijiang Lake and ZJU Westward Expansion Historical Exhibition Hall, combining the beauty of ecology and red culture, and it is a characteristic county integrating tea planting, processing, tourism and sightseeing, and it is regarded as the "Hometown of Famous Tea in China" and "China's Ecological Charming County". ".