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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.
Miluo City is located in the northeast of Hunan Province, under Yueyang City, on the east bank of Dongting Lake, with the Miluo River running through the city, and is known as the "source of Dragon Boat Festival and hometown of Dragon Boat". As the place where Qu Yuan, a world cultural celebrity, was martyred in his later years, Miluo carries the profound cultural heritage of Chu, and the International Dragon Boat Festival held every year attracts the attention of the whole world, and the Dragon Boat Festival has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. The city is not only a cultural mecca, but also a pilot city for the national circular economy, relying on the renewable resources industry base to create the "Hometown of China's Nonferrous Metals", and realizing the win-win situation of green development and economic innovation. Miluo River's natural scenery and humanistic history reflect each other, and it is inheriting a thousand years of cultural lineage and writing a new chapter of modern development with an open and tolerant attitude.