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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 |
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.
Yunnan Stone Forest, located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County of Kunming City, Yunnan Province, is one of the first batch of China's World Natural Heritage Sites and a national 5A-level tourist attraction, famous for its karst landscape with "majestic, strange, dangerous, beautiful and secluded", which is known as "the first wonder in the world". There are typical karst landscapes such as stone buds, dissolving grooves, peak forests and caves, formed 270 million years ago, with strange stones in a thousand shapes and colors, among which the "Ashima" stone peak has become a cultural symbol of Yunnan. Stone Forest is not only a natural museum for geological research, but also a settlement of the Yi Sani people, where the rich ethnic customs and natural scenery are intertwined, and every year during the Torch Festival, songs and dances attract tourists from all over the world to come and explore the mysteries of this "stone forest".