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Located in the eastern part of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, Dinghu District is an important ecological barrier in the Pearl River Delta region and is famous for Dinghu Mountain, the "emerald on the Tropic of Cancer". As China's first national nature reserve, Dinghu Mountain preserves the original monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forests, with an anion content of up to 120,000 per cubic centimeter, known as the "natural oxygen bar". Qingyun Temple in the area was built in the Tang Dynasty, is one of the ancestral courts of the Southern Buddhism, and Flying Water Pool, Butterfly Valley and other natural landscapes, constituting "mountains, lakes, temples, springs," an integrated ecotourism system. Dinghu is surrounded by the Xijiang River and Suijiang River, and has an excellent ecological environment, combining the flavor of the Lingnan water town with the fun of the mountains and forests, making it an ideal destination for leisure and vacation, research and recuperation, and also an important sample of the ecologically sustainable development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Longonjo is an important city in Huambo Province in west-central Angola, located about 350 kilometers southeast of the capital city of Luanda. Located on the Bié Plateau, at an average altitude of about 1,400 meters above sea level, the city has a mild and humid climate and is an important agricultural and mining center in Angola.
Lungunjo is known for its rich mineral resources, with one of the largest deposits of rare earths in Africa, and particularly outstanding reserves of tantalum, niobium and phosphates. The city's economy has grown rapidly in recent years with the development of the mining industry. Agriculture is characterized by the cultivation of coffee, maize and beans, as well as animal husbandry.
The city is connected to Huambo via the EN250 highway, and the railroad system connects to the main Benguela railroad line, which provides access to Atlantic ports. With increased investment in the mining industry, Lungunjo's infrastructure is improving and it is becoming an important growth pole for the Angolan interior.
The local population is predominantly of the Ovindu ethnic group, which retains a traditional farming culture. With the development of strategic resources such as rare earths, Lungunjo has been prioritized by the Angolan government as a key city for development, and is expected to become an important mining and logistics hub in south-central Africa in the future.