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Africa/Sao_Tome |
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UTC+0 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
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Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
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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.
Located in the northern part of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Jianchuan is a bright cultural pearl on the plateau of northwestern Yunnan. As an important stop on the Tea Horse Road and a Bai settlement area, the remains of the thousand-year-old trade routes and Bai ethnic customs are blended here, and the Shaxi Ancient Town (Sideng Street) is a "living ancient village" in the World Heritage Tentative List, and the ancient theater and Xingjiao Temple in Sideng Street have witnessed the prosperity of the horse gangs in the past years. Jianchuan is famous for its exquisite wood carving and stone carving, "Jianchuan Wood Carving" is listed as a national non-legacy, and exquisite carvings can be seen everywhere in the traditional Bai residential houses, "Three Square and One Shining Wall". In the territory of Jianhu plateau wetland ecological pleasant, the surrounding Laojun Mountain, Shibaoshan natural and cultural landscapes, both Shibaoshan Grottoes of the millennium of Buddhist art, but also the Bai "Shibaoshan singing" and other folk feast, is to experience the original Bai culture and the ancient tea-horse road style of the perfect place.