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Africa/Niamey |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
Daylight Saving Time |
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.
Shayang County, located in the central part of Hubei Province in China, is an important county-level administrative region under the jurisdiction of Jingmen City, located at the intersection of the middle reaches of the Han River and the Jianghan Plain. As a port city along the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, Shayang has been a hub of land and water transportation since ancient times, and is known as the "Little Hankou".
The region is famous for its agriculture, which is an important commercial grain, high-quality oil and freshwater aquaculture base in China, and its specialty "Shayang rapeseed flowers" form a spectacular 10,000 acres of golden flowers in the spring. The territory also has a 2300-year-old Chu tomb group of the Warring States period - Guo Dian Chu Jane out of the land, the unearthed bamboo slips for the study of pre-Qin ideological history provides a valuable document.
Modern Shayang has developed into an industrial town with a collection of agricultural products processing, machinery manufacturing and new building materials, and at the same time, relying on the construction of Hanjiang River Ecological Economic Belt, it is actively developing rural tourism and eco-agricultural sightseeing industry.