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Asia/Taipei |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Europe/Sarajevo |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
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UTC+2 |
Gukeng is located in the southeast of Yunlin County, Taiwan Province of China, at the northern foot of the Alishan Mountain Range, and is famous for its tea, coffee, and landscape scenery, making it a famous recreational and tourist destination in central Taiwan. The climate is humid and the soil is fertile, producing high quality tea, especially "Gukeng High Mountain Tea", which is the most famous and attracts countless tea drinkers with its sweet and mellow tea. In recent years, the coffee industry in Gukeng has also emerged, combining local humanities and natural landscape to create a unique "tea and coffee cultural experience". The Caoling Scenic Area has such wonders as "Broken Bridge and Sea of Clouds" and "ShuiLian Cave", while the Huaxian Tea Plantation and the Shipan Coffee Plantation allow tourists to enjoy the leisure time of tasting tea and enjoying the scenery among the green mountains and waters. Gukeng integrates the agricultural industry with ecological tourism, making it an excellent place to experience the slow life in Taiwan.
Rogatica is a town in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), part of the entity of Republika Srpska, located in the Drina River valley about 60 kilometers east of Sarajevo. The town is situated in a valley surrounded by mountains, at an altitude of about 500 meters above sea level, and has a temperate continental climate with cold and snowy winters and mild, wet summers.
Rogatica has a long history, first documented in the 14th century, and developed as a trading hub during the Ottoman period. The city retains its 16th-century Ottoman bridges, mosques and traditional stone buildings, and is characterized by a combination of Balkan and Eastern cultures. The city was severely damaged during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), but was gradually rebuilt after the war, and today the mainstay of the economy is forestry, animal husbandry and small-scale industry.
Rogatica is surrounded by magnificent natural beauty and is close to the Sutjeska National Park (one of the last virgin forests in Europe) and the famous Drina River Gorge. Visitors can explore war memorial sites, hike mountain trails, or experience the folk culture of traditional villages. The town has a population of about 11,000 (2013 data) and is connected to Sarajevo's border with Serbia by the M5 highway, making it an important stopover for exploring the nature and history of eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.