Time Zone |
Africa/Sao_Tome |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+0 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Africa/Ndjamena |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country in west-central Africa, consisting of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and the surrounding islets, with the capital, São Tomé, located in the northeastern part of São Tomé. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, about 200 kilometers from the African continent, the country was colonized by Portugal in the 15th century and became independent in 1975, with Portuguese as the official language and an economy based on agriculture (cocoa, palm oil) and tourism. It should be noted that "Java" is not a city or region of the country; Java is the main island of Indonesia, with cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya, and has nothing to do with São Tomé and Príncipe, possibly due to a confusion of names.
Biltine is a city in eastern Chad, the capital of Ouaddai Province, located about 800 kilometers east of the capital N'Djamena, near the border with Sudan, and an important transportation and trade hub in the Sahel region. The city is located in a semi-arid climate zone and is surrounded by nomadic pastoralism and rough agriculture, with staple crops including millet, sorghum and groundnuts. As a regional administrative center, Biltine has basic infrastructure, but economic and social services are relatively limited due to Chad's overall level of development. Historically a node on the trans-Saharan trade route and still connected to Chad's border trade with Sudan, the region is multicultural and populated by predominantly Arab, Sara and other ethnic groups.