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 |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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.
Cixi is located in the eastern part of Zhejiang Province, on the south coast of Hangzhou Bay, as a county-level city in Ningbo, neighboring Ningbo in the east, Shaoxing in the west, and crossing Hangzhou Bay and Shanghai in the north, with significant location advantages. As the "Home Appliances Capital", Cixi has an active private economy with famous brands such as Foton, Bull, etc. It has a strong manufacturing base and is an important advanced manufacturing base in the Yangtze River Delta region. Cixi has a rich cultural heritage, with the Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln Site, known as the "Source of Celadon", on the World Cultural Heritage reserve list, and the humanities and natural landscape of Dapeng Mountain and Minghe Ancient Town. The city is also famous for its specialties such as prunes and rice cakes, making it a modern city with both economic vitality and humanistic charm.