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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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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. |
Huishui County is located in the south-central part of Guizhou Province in China, belonging to Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, with a total area of about 2,470 square kilometers. It is located in the slope zone of the transition from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Guangxi hills, dominated by typical karst landforms, with an average elevation of 1,100 meters and a humid and mild climate.
As a multi-ethnic settlement area, Huishui has the Buyi and Miao as the main ethnic groups, preserving a rich intangible cultural heritage. Every year, traditional festivals such as the 6th of June of the lunar calendar for the Buyi and the 8th of April for the Miao attract a large number of tourists, and the unique Maple Dyeing Technique and the Buyei Eight-Tone Sitting and Singing have been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.
Huishui is an important agricultural product base in Guizhou, famous for "Huishui Black Glutinous Rice", "Money Orange" and "Niutou Brand Beef Jerky". In recent years, Huishui has been vigorously developing eco-tourism, and is home to such famous landmarks as Huishui No.1 High School, Jiulong Mountain Scenic Spot, and Swallow Cave. It is only an hour's drive from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, and is easily accessible by public transportation.
The Lianjiang River runs through the whole area, forming the spectacular Lianjiang Damzi Landscape Belt. Combined with karst peak forests, cave clusters and idyllic landscapes, it constitutes an ecological picture scroll that organically integrates "mountains, water, forests, fields, and lakes", and has been known as the "backyard garden of Guiyang".
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.