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Africa/Sao_Tome |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
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.
Yongzhou, located in the south of Hunan Province at the confluence of the Xiaoshui and Xiangjiang Rivers, was known as Zuling in ancient times, and is the frontier city of Hunan docking into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It has a long history and is the burial place of Emperor Shun. Liu Zongyuan was banished here and wrote "Eight Memoirs of Yongzhou", which laid down its profound cultural heritage. It is also famous for its natural scenery, such as the Shun Emperor's Mausoleum in Jiuyi Mountain, Yangmingshan National Forest Park, and Wujiang River Monumental Forest, among which Jiuyi Mountain is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization because of the allusion to the story of "Shun's southward hunting expedition, which collapsed in the field of Cangwu". Yongzhou is also famous for its specialties, and masterpieces of Hunan cuisine, such as Yongzhou blood duck and Dong'an chicken, are renowned throughout the country. This ancient city, which combines a thousand years of cultural lineage and green water, is attracting visitors from all over the world with its unique charm of "beautiful ecology, deep culture and excellent location".